Mr. Joseph Welch News has just arrived in Shanghai of the death in England recently of the father of Mr. A. J. Welch, of Messrs, J. A. Wattie & Ca. Mr. Welch senior, who was 92 years of age, died fon June 15, He was a very well-Known figure in the early years of Shanghai's existence, arriving out here in 1864 on board a sailing ship by way of the Cape. He was engaged in the tea trade, and soon afler ar rival Joined the firm of Messrs,.nderson and Bell, who have ne'. become Messrs. Dodwell & Co."atd. He Tater formed his own figr''under the name of Welch, Lew} Ca, as a fea merchant.
He was vice-cly""snan of the Shang-hoi Municipal Council during the year 1899, when Prince Henry of Prussia unveiled the Iltis Memorial on The Bund. Retiring home to England in Seplember, 1900, he opened an office in London, and worked there for a number of years. He was also the secretary of the China Association for 8 few years. He finally went into retirement in 1908, Mr. Welch was a great churchman, and a member of the Shanghai Club.
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