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A KANAKA MURDERED.
BRISBANE. Anril 18.
The body of a man has been discovered
in a waterhole near Ingiiam, in the sugar
cane district north of 'fownsvillc. It had
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was much decomposed. I here was a great
gash across the stomach, a cut behind the
neck at the base of the skull, and a gash
on tiw forearm. A medical examination
showed that the wounds coiild riot have
been self-inflicted. They had apparently
been made by n cane knife. The body is
supposed to be that of a walkabout kanaka,
strange to the district, who had been set
upon by other Polynesiens and' murdered.
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