Certified copy of Resolution passed at Meeting of Board of Directors of John Swire & Sons Ltd

'Resolved that in the event of the United Kingdom as a result of war being invaded or laid under siege to such an extent that communication with the Far East is no longer possible, the three seniors in the following order of Messrs. EG Price, JA Blackwood, FD Hunter, WCG Knowles, HT Smith, MY Fienne...

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Order number: JSS Box 3142
Date(s) of creation: 1953
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.16.2.3.1
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 3142
callnumber JSS/16/2/3/1
callnumber_txt JSS/16/2/3/1
callnumber-sort JSS/16/2/3/1
scb_alt_ref_no MISC 88
prefix_number 1
title Certified copy of Resolution passed at Meeting of Board of Directors of John Swire & Sons Ltd
scb_date_creation 1953
scb_level Item
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format Archive
description 'Resolved that in the event of the United Kingdom as a result of war being invaded or laid under siege to such an extent that communication with the Far East is no longer possible, the three seniors in the following order of Messrs. EG Price, JA Blackwood, FD Hunter, WCG Knowles, HT Smith, MY Fiennes or JK Wilson, who are available and capable of acting in Hong Kong or Australia, be appointed to form a committee of three to be the Managers of the Company to take control of the Company's business in all parts of the world and to assume the powers of Directors until such time as the Board of the Company or member thereof, are able to resume control of the Company's affairs. JK Swire'
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.0016.002.003.001