From Shanghai

Correspondence from Butterfield & Swire offices in Shanghai to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes documents concerning; staff movements; salaries; staff appointments and recruitment; accommodation; staff health and illness; inspections and interportal visits; inflation...

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Order number: FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2915
Date(s) of creation: 1947
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2915
Summary: Correspondence from Butterfield & Swire offices in Shanghai to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes documents concerning; staff movements; salaries; staff appointments and recruitment; accommodation; staff health and illness; inspections and interportal visits; inflation and high cost of living allowance; children's allowance; rehabilitation grants for Hong Kong internees and pre-war staff; entertaining costs and budgets including club memberships and summer holidays; discussions concerning proposed office in Formosa (Taiwan); staff agreement terms. See JSSII 7/4/57/6 for subject and name index for letters from Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Previous numbers: Staff Letters No. 49
Extent: 1 folder
Access status: Closed
Closed until: 01/01/2028
Access conditions: File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2028
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