DEATHS.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 24, 10 January 1913, Page 3

DEATHS.

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” ” - W *4, junr. l- *ning Mrg away! ip. iUd '-| -eg l his c •atu.uay. but o Attacked by a reci. gastritis from whici. some months ago. supervened, and Mr after a very painfui. brieflfßlness crossed the hoi. land. Cut off at the early age of 25. in what seemed the strength and pride of his young manhood, and at a time when he was just beginning to devote to the public service those talents with which he was s largely endowed, Mr Ralph leaves behind many who mourn the loss of a kindly and courteous friend, an engaging companion, a robust and manly comrade. Keenly interested in all that affected the welfare of the town.B and taking a deep and lively! interest in his work c mnected! with the mines, the deceased! was specially devoted to sport! of all kinds, and his genial! presence was warmly welcomed at! the various gatherings whether! on the tennis lawn or on the Rod! and Gun Club’s shooting grounds.fi In Mr Ralph’s premature! decease, Huntly has lost one of! her coming citizens, and is thus! so much the poorer on account! of that loss, and when Time has! mellowed the shock that sudden death lias <•■ many, many fn>die blank effec f gind light natfi ■ With eelallyi I .vho is on® I he sea ret. Dominion® I ifter a trip to jld Country A lint) to whose home-coming® I leceased was eagerly looking® 1 mmero.us sympathisers, whose® • hearts ache at the idea of their ■nubble shock that awaits he 'rival, and whose sincere. w : that the awful blow may n the maternal hea x .giitly as it possibly can ! ft THE FUNERA ■ Xhe remains of t’ ® V Y ‘ ). Ralph junr.. P ’ die cemetery «. theft '.n-J iiu l "iV md« heartfetK . If After a, , l :‘ ' i'l 'ally simj vl icunl d n St. Anth ’7 1 lf jJ Rev. Kathi assisted by s *. •'’**>!!] he fin i coffii. lmu [l handsomely m av -id silver omiiar, iet! J within the lieu a “|g literally cover ‘jj numerous wrea ■ emblems forwarde various parts ot " as well as by the those institution* the deceased aud ire connected. After the hearse, .uej which marched the nearer*, ,ime the cortege which stretched behind for '"•if a mile, and immediate -me the bs con' .datives, non#-' -i' W. J. ilph deceased), aste- a (brother), eut H.M. cablejar ,d Mr P. J. ip i-l'iw). Messrs L. (uncle), L. B. jun., j £. Harris (cousins), Mes .ovell (cousins) Messrs Allison and Gordon (directors of the Taupiri Mines), Mr J. Fletcher, and the other officials of the Company, Messrs London and Lynch (Auckland), and a very large attenlanee of the general public who, present in vehicles of all kinds. >ll horseback, and on fo >t, helped i,i increase the length of the procession. On reaching the cemetery tiie burial service was read by the Rev. Father Cahill, and the coffin was about to be lowered when a pathetic and touching incident occurred that showed the love of die natives for, and their sympathy with, the family of the deceased; for, stepping out from! among those who were assembled! round the open grave, one of the laughters of the late Whiu Himiona, quietly and unostentatiously spread over the coffin a handsome Maori mat, and then as quietly disappeared from view —an act so humane and so kindly that it touched deeply all who so'- it, and one much apprey the family in that it outward and visible hat A ruha that has so characterised the interlio r the Ralphs with the aai - i arrangements w i placed ip the I Mac Mahon, ot ’• ’ s perfect in every

■detail, were and carried out in the; ■manner characteristic of that) ■ firm's work.