The oldest newspaper in the world is the Gazette cle France. It first appeared 1631, edited by Rcnandot, a physician, and was patronised by King Louis XIII. and Richlieo. The first newspaper published in England was in 1668 ; it was entitled the Public Intelligencer, and was published for nearly three years. The first newspaper published in the United States was the Boston News Letter , on April 24, 1704. A snake at , the Zoo recently gave birth to forty-six live young ones by a large poisonous snake from West Africa, The mother is about 4ft 6in long, and very stout, as large round as a mans arm; the young were llin long, and most beautiful in their silveriness of scales and markings ; they possess poisonous fangs, and a mouse was killed by one immediately after birth.
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Patea Mail, 3 May 1882, Page 4
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135Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Patea Mail, 3 May 1882, Page 4
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