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bask ft of snakks. JSRIKBAXK. .Dme 10
(In Saturday night a basket was lott in the Maryborough parcels ollice. the contents being unknown. During the night rats gnawed a hole in the basket. Next morning two snakes were killed on the railway station and when the parcels office was opened four other large specimens were discovered crawling on the floor. They 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 also 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 were killed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1924, Page 3
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127AUSTRALIAN NEWS Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1924, Page 3
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