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[in red ink] Reporting alleged murder of Beche / de Mer fisherman Robinson / [telegram]
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Beche de mer fisherman Named / Robinson his mate & one / Aboriginal reported murdered up the

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[centred, in red ink] Benches
[oval stamp, left of centre]
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE. QUEENSLAND
12045 [tick]
18. NOV. 90
[top right, in red ink] PM Cooktown
[in red ink] Reporting alleged murder of Beche
de Mer fisherman Robinson
[telegram]
[centred] URGENT
Electric Telegraph, Queensland.
Awy
[oval stamp, top right]
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE
0137
BRISBANE
Wds. 75
Amt. 12/10 Collect
From Cooktown h. 10 m. 6
Dated 17 11 1890.
MESSAGE for Under Col Secy
Bne
[written diagonally]
[in red ink] Telegram No. 877
17/11/90
[in pencil] WEPO
20. 11. 90
Beche de mer fisherman Named
Robinson his mate & one
Aboriginal reported murdered up the
coast report native crew—some
of the suspected murderers now
in custody here, they having
run away with Cutter—am
sending Eileen up coast to
make inquiries as the sory [sic]
of murder may not be
true but men left on
reef to perish—later albatross
[written sideways, in red ink, in left margin] Approved
MT
Nov 17 1890