Saturday, September 1, 2012

Lim Eu Toh, death 3 January 1932, Bangkok

The funeral took place in Penang on Monday of the late Mr. Lim Eu Toh, whose death occurred in Bangkok on January 3. The deceased who was sixty-one years of age, was the second son of the late Mr. Lim Chin Guan. He started life in the service of Messrs. Huttenbach, Liebert & Co., in 1871, and carried on successfully founding the firm of Messrs. Tiang Lee & Co. In 1903 he travelled round the world. On several occasions he served on the Municipal Commission and was made a Justice of the Peace in 1908. He was a member of the London Society of Arts. He was also a President or Committee member of all leading Chinese Institutions in Penang. [The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 January 1932, Page 3]

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