SNAKE HUNT
BRISBANE, June 10. On Saturday night a basket was left in the Maryborough parcels office, its contents being unknown. During the night rats gnawed a hole in the basket and next morning two snakes werp killed on the railway station. When the parcels office was opened, four other large 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 snakes were discovered in various parts of the station and killed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19034, 11 June 1924, Page 11
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117SNAKE HUNT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19034, 11 June 1924, Page 11
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