From Hong Kong
Letters and papers sent from Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong office to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff health and illness; staff appointments, recruitment, transfers and vacancies; leave; war service; salaries; housing; Compulsory Service Act...
| Order number: |
JSS Box 2906 |
|---|---|
| Date(s) of creation: |
1940 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
JSS Box 2906 |
|---|---|
| Summary: |
Letters and papers sent from Butterfield & Swire Hong Kong office to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes letters documenting; staff health and illness; staff appointments, recruitment, transfers and vacancies; leave; war service; salaries; housing; Compulsory Service Act; list of Hong Kong staff next of kin; war service; details of staff leave conditions during wartime; evacuation of women and children including some Butterfield & Swire staff and staff family members; volunteer military service in Hong Kong.
File includes name and subject index for letters from Hong Kong and Shanghai offices. |
| Previous numbers: |
2143 (Staff Letters No. 44) |
| Extent: |
1 folder |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ |
| User restrictions: | Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests. |
| Format: | Archive |