For twenty-four hours a six-foot black snake defied the efforts of firemen, police and civilians, who tried to dislodge it from a crevice between two buildings in Belmore, N.S.W. Finally the Mayor of Canterbury, Alderman S. E. Parry, slaughtered the snake with a military bullet, He is seen here in action.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20284, 19 April 1934, Page 1
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51For twenty-four hours a six-foot black snake defied the efforts of firemen, police and civilians, who tried to dislodge it from a crevice between two buildings in Belmore, N.S.W. Finally the Mayor of Canterbury, Alderman S. E. Parry, slaughtered the snake with a military bullet, He is seen here in action. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20284, 19 April 1934, Page 1
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