SNAKES AT LARGE
IN QUEENSLAND PARCELS OFFICE.
(bt cable— press association copyright.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) BRISBANE, June 10. On Saturday night a basket was left in tho Maryborough parcels office, the contents being unknown.
During tho night rats gnawed a hole in the basket.
The next morning two snakes were killed on the railway station. When the parcels office was opened, four other large specimens were discovered crawling on the floor and were killed. Later in the day a man called and demanded the basket. He explained that it contained snakes belonging to a show which had been exhibiting in the town. He stated that six more snakes, all venomous, were unaccounted for.
Subsequently three of the missing reptiles were discovered in the various parts of the station and were killed.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18096, 11 June 1924, Page 10
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