THE TORRES STRAIT MAIL.
: The Bowen* with the Torres Strait mail, has arrived a* Brisbane. The following is a summary of the news :
.r, The latest PSrak intelligence states that : Rajah Ynsg, heir to the throne, has been ' committing cruelties and inflicting brutal -; punishment for imaginary offences. His ac- • Khowledged brutality caused the Malay v chiefs to endeavor to cut him off from the notably Kota Lama chiefs and ■ followers, shdwihg symptoms of subipissiou. /: The Siamese Government is vigorously .' pashiugpn,a"telegraph line to connect Burvmah with Bangkok,- thence to Penang There will thus be. two lines from Singapore to - England. The Siberian lines have been much interrupted lately. Alice May’s Opera Bouffe Company bps left Tndia en route for Batavia, and is Singapore. . . health of the Dutch troops. Skirmishing is frequent. Governor Jervoise has formally ackuowBritish GGovernment to the Rajah Quedah for their aid in the late outbreak.
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Evening Star, Issue 4135, 29 May 1876, Page 4
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