China Navigation Company Eastern General General Letters

Letters to and from John Swire & Sons London, Butterfield & Swire Japan and Butterfield and Swire in Sydney relating to routine business matters including Japan and Australia trade, the management of cargo shipments, routine upkeep, conversion and sales of vessels. In particular this file co...

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Order number: JSS Box 2746
Date(s) of creation: Jul 1968- Dec 1968
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: JSS Box 2746
Summary: Letters to and from John Swire & Sons London, Butterfield & Swire Japan and Butterfield and Swire in Sydney relating to routine business matters including Japan and Australia trade, the management of cargo shipments, routine upkeep, conversion and sales of vessels. In particular this file covers ASAMOSC, the sale of 'Chungking' , conversion of 'Chekiang' and 'Chefoo', amendments to fleet books, Japan/Bangkok trade, Japan/Australia trade, MOSK rationalisation, New Zealand intermediate service and 'Papuan Chief'. Includes subject index
Previous numbers: CNCO 3002
Extent: 1 file
Arrangement: Letters are arranged geographically into four sections: to the East, from the East, to Australia and from Australia and are arranged chronologically within these sections.
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.
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Finding aids: Handlist available
Format: Archive