DEATH OF MR. W. P. SNOW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6668, 2 April 1883, Page 5

DEATH OF MR. W. P. SNOW.

Very -many of our readers will bo derply grieved to leajirn pf tho death of Mr. William P. Snow, of . Boston, Massachusetts,

who left Auckland only a short timo ago for

Europe; ' whence -he was to proceed to" America. Mr. and . Mrs. .Snow; left Mel- ' bourne I'for Europe iri> ti4 steamship John Eider, anJ 'ivleh. the vessel was in the Red. Sea, Mr.rSiiow was ; seized with fever, -and died. .A cablegram was sei.t from Suez to -the Rev.: 1. . R,.; "W.healbek,-" of "Fitchburg, Massachusetts,' wlipie >Ir. Snow' 3 parents were'residing,.requesting.him .to break the sacl intelligence, to them. ■, .The above par-, ticulars were sent 'by mail to Mr. Griilia, American. Coasnl s.t, Auckland, ■ in ..a letter V froiullr. Snow's mother,: who also stated that. - she was afoot to leave iorXotadon to meet the bereaved wife. Inall probability,.Mr. Snow's Temain's America. ; Mr. and Mrs." Snow came to Auckland during the the year 18S0. /Mr. Show had.had a . severe fever, i which greatly shattered, his tion,land he.'.hoped to.obtain benefit in our genial climate, and hy .the use of the baths - of-Rotorua. - He' went to -the Lake Country, shortly afterKis'arrival herff, and lived there for the greater, pai.t .of ; a .year., r,Hr..: Snotp had a great deal oi characteristic American humour,' modified'by,"his own gentle nature, -and housed tosay that Ilia illness .had left tim only fit £or being, " a loafer.".Bat although he could not dq,hard work, it was impossible "for him to remaiu unconcerned when he thought he coald dp good. . During hiis-:resideiice" at' Tara--wera,"he saw the demoralisation to whicbi the natives, were "subjected by indulgence in drink,'and/although not previously a total abstainer,7 'he 'became one,':" and, pre-

vailed upon many .natives to. take the „ pledge. -Be endeavoured to do all he could V for file benefit of .the "natives, and by the uprightness and simplicity of his character he established a strong influence over them. Mr. Larkworthy, in-his book* descriptive of his travels jn New Zealand, tells how a party of . tourists at the Lakes had bribed some . natives,to make an exhibition of one of their dances of a lewd'character, and when, tbey were about to commence, one- arrived and - said atwhichallthe others i ran ; away, and tho exhibition did not come off. Mr. Larkworthy afterwards learned that the' ■ native rha'd saidV Mrl Snow would .be displeased." Mr.. Snow was grieved that , the natives of the district should be left entirely without->eligiouß teaching, and he ma/le. .efforts to get the churches which formerly engaged in the .work of "Maori. missions to resume. their task. 'Failing in this, he-wrote * -to lirl Spu'rgeon to send .out a roan, who is , now labouring' in the district, Air. Snow him? self contributing the greater .'part, if not the ■whole, of the cost of the - mission! _Mr. :Snow ..believed thafc. t much good .might be doiie. amongst the by a news.paper'i: printed, i ll the Maori; language, and at'his own cost he established TeJKori•mako,";which is-, still, being continued.. - -It. contains items of , intelligence interesting to the natives, also stakes frequent opportunity of urging th'e canse'*of temperance.acid -morality. . The : writer.of thiß notice remem-. hers-meeting\Mr.,Sh6w oiieday,.when, with .a quiet'smile, he-showed twopence, which he - had obtained : from a -Maiori on the wharf for a copy-'of tHe'ifirst issue of the Korimako. . Mr, Snow was of a most modest and retiring disposition, and. shrank from any thing; like but -he became known to a considerable number 'of "our who' held both him and .his wife in high esteem. .Every-, : .one-WHoknewhim will.he.deeply' grieved, .at tl'.e news of his death, for all cherished,the hope that at no distaut,datß;hewo ; ild return -.to Auckland. We may.[mention that Mr.Snow's ;father /.wasi. an', active"7 Abolitionist' •during.the agitation in'tlie States .before the •war, and soitnetiines. concealed in his ] owa; ihouse ; slaves ;who'had escaped till, .he "eould; •forward -them on :tb '"CainaiJa. The! •deceased, igentleman'lcelalied ..'h6w-. strong i -an impression 1 was made-on him wlaen a boy,.: iwhen his father got an «eaped ; ,Blivve jvoman. rto ah'ow hircthe weals nitide on b't r back .by"; lash. _ Mi_ch sympathy will te felt here . dor Mrs. -Sncf.y, deprived of her beloved hoo"band •■under these sudden and 'distressing' «ircnrnstancM. 1 _At" the ".Congregatiorial; -Church .yesteiday,. the jßev.' ,J- Robertson.: ' icfer/ed to the death of Mr. Snow, and at"both services : mentioned-the .bereaved "widow: iahiz%rayeTß'. :