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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 81, 5 April 1916, Page 3

i An unusual find was made on th« sea. beach near the Mokau heads recently, when a live snake was secured i among the driftwood. The reptile was put. in a bucket of water, ana next morning it was dead. It measured 2ft. 4in. A smaller snake i was seen amongst the driftwood, but ! was not captured. The snake was i almost black on the back and light • underneath, the skin, in the words ;of the Daily News correspondent, "reI sembling the wrong side of a. very I finely woven carpet." How the snakes i found .then-way to the Mokau beach j is-a problem. ) Tt is notified in Trentham Camp ' Orders ior the information of all j concerned, that the leave and railway • passes for three weeks granted to soldiers on return from active service. ! "''are a. concession to the soldier, and cannot be claimed as a right. They may be withheld or cancelled where there has been any breach of disejplint; or misbehavior, and this should be thoroughly understood. All convalescent soldiers are t-o be made fully aware of the fact that the three weeks' iai!w«.y ■ ticket will only l:e issued to men of good conduct."-