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[centred] Electric Telegraph, Queensland.

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ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE
No. S 72
BRISBANE.

Wds.__36 OHMS
Amt.___2/4
From_____Pt Douglas____20 h.___24 m.
Dated_____18_____8_____1888.
MESSAGE for_____Commr Police
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BRISBANE.
427

Returned from Limestone recommend police
be sent there without delay
population about two hundred &
fifty 250 scattered three centres or
townships at distance each about
mile and half never saw
any place where drunkenness so
prevalent

[signed] A L Morisset
Inspr