The Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 June 1906
(New Zealand)

LOCAL AND GENERAL
The death occurred at Masterton, yesterday, of Mr James Ralph, a resident of Waimongaroa (Westport), who had been on a visit to this town for the purpose of securing medical treatment for an internal ailment from which he had been suffering for the past twelve months. The deceased, who was a brother of Mr S. H. Ralph, of Masterton, was born in Cornwall (England) forty-eight years ago, and came out to the colony when a young man of eighteen years of age. He leaves a widow and family of nine, three sons and six daughters.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho