Price Of Snakes Is Now 5/- A Foot
If the people of Australia want to buy a snake, or a blue snail, or a whale in the near future they may find that the price f has increased a little. For these are just a few of the 30,000 items controlled during the war to prevent blackmarket trading that are to be decontrolled shortly. It is not known who would want to buy. a whale or a blue snail—no one seems to know how they came to be on the list—but there is evidently a market for snakes. The price was officially controlled during the war at 5/- per foot after someone was found selling them at 15/- per foot.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 55, 21 February 1949, Page 3
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120Price Of Snakes Is Now 5/- A Foot Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 55, 21 February 1949, Page 3
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