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ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE
0 . 423
BRISBANE
Electric Telegraph, Queensland.
Wds. 41
Amt. 7/2 Collect
From Cloncurry h. 25 m.
Dated 14 4 1888
Message for Commr. Police
Bne
327
Black boy came in from
mt merlin Station & reported
two 2 black boys two 2 gins
one 1 white man poisoned &
buried Mt Merlin Police Magistrate
Dr. & Sergt. gone out
Mt Merlin hundred & thirty 130
miles from here left on
saturday
Matthias Davis
Const in charge