A sad misfortune has overtaken one of the' earliest settlers in this district, he having lately almost completely lost his eyesight. The sufferer. Mr. W. Blow, respected by all who know him as a thoroughly hard-work*. ing man, is the father of, I think, ten children, two of them twin babies in arms. For. the bread-winner of such a family of little ones (the eldest only about 14), to be afflioted with almost total blindness, is indeed- a; fearful calamity, and universal sympathy, which I trust will take tangible form', in felt f for the sufferer and his [Matnkohe 1 Correspondent, September 28,]
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7759, 4 October 1886, Page 3
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