MYSTERY OF A SNAKE.
ALL FEARS DISPELLED. NOT FROM THE WRECK By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Any fears regarding the harmful nature of the snake supposed to have come from the Wiltshire are dispelled by the museum curator (Dr. Cheeseman), who, on examination, identified it as a water or sea snake belonging to the common tropical Polynesian species, hydros platurus. This snake, although found on the beach among the debris from the wreck, had obviously not come from the Wiltshire; from its very nature is could not live on shipboard or dry land. Specimens of the species were occasionally discovered on the New Zealand coast, and he could remember about twenty such being found. T'n take found at was about 14 aches long.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1922, Page 5
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124MYSTERY OF A SNAKE. Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1922, Page 5
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