M.L.C. DISAPPEARS
MISSING FROM SHIP HON. W. W. SNODGRASS, NELSON [ Per Press Association.] NELSON, March 21. The Hon. W. W. Snodgras£, M.L.C., 0.8. E., a passenger by the Arahura from Wellington last night, disappeared on the voyage. Mr. Snodgrass had supper with the master, Captain Hay, and retired to his cabin fairly early. When the other occupant of the cabin, Mr. Walter S. Dillon, went to bed Mr. Snodgrass was in his bunk reading. They later said good-night. In the morning Mr. Snodgtass was found to be missing. His clothes and effects were in the cabin. Mr. Snodgrass, who was born in Liverpool in 1870, came to New Zealand in 1880, entering business later in Nelson. He was Mayor of Nelson from 1917 to 1921 and was secretary, chairman and secretary of the Nelson Patriotic Society. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1921. He was married in 1894 and has two sons and three daughters.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 68, 22 March 1939, Page 8
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