Whilst men were engaged in sinking B well on Pine Park Farm, Coobang near Parkes, New South Wales, they unearthed a peculiar-looking stone r-i a depth of 18ft. If was broken by- a Wow from a pick, and a suvtfte about 18in long was revealed i v a cavity in the centre of the stone. The snake showed fight but was killed with a shovel. The snake and the stone were sent to the surface and an examination failed to discover any hole leading from the outside of th c stone to the cavity in which the sjia&e had been imprisoned. " "
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 3 April 1914, Page 4
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