Mr Arthur Boyce, of Campbell's Gully, met with a serious accident last week. He was engaged with Mr Andrew Margetts' survey party at Canal Creek, and was using an axe, ...
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Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Wed 31 Aug 1898, Page 3
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