P. Somasundram, death November 1935, Penang

DEATH OF PENANG & P. W. LAWYER.  Career Of A St. Xavier's Student. The death took place at Butterworth last week of Mr. P. Somasundram, the well-known Penang and Province Wellesley lawyer. Mr. Somasundram who was in his early thirties, was born in Butterworth, where his father is a wealthy landed proprietor. He was educated at St. Xavier's Institution, Penang. After holding appointments in the Survey Department and the Posts and Telegraphs Department, he went to England in 1926, to quality as a barrister. He was called to the Bar in 1929 and on his return, opened an office in Butterworth. Later he opened am office in Penang in partnership with Mr. Khoo Eng Cheang, and another in Bukit Mertajam last year with Mr. B. C. Aliph as partner. Mr. Somasundram was very popular in Penang and Butterworth. He was President of the Indian Recreation Club, Penang, and also of the newly formed Indian Association in Butterworth. He was married in 1932 and leaves a young widow and a son aged two years. [The Straits Times, 26 November 1935, Page 13]