Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Kobe and Yokohama, 12 Apr. 1929-7 Jan. 1940
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Kobe and Yokohama, with enclosed letters and papers:
1. Nos 5-39 and 41-55 from R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, R.E. Coxon, W.J. Keswick and J.J. Paterson to R.G. Bell and H.F. Scudamore, Yokohama, 12 April 1929-2 August 1934.
2. Nos 1-16, 18-49, 51-65, 68-76, 78, 80-82, 84 and 87-89 from B.D.F. Beith, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick and F.A. Pollock to O.V. Lanning and A. McDonald, Kobe, 19 October 1934-7 January 1940.
At the back of the file are extracts of correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Yokohama, 9 March-18 April 1929, and copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Kobe and Yokohama to I. Matsuda, Superintendent, Yokohama Revenue Office, 18 July 1927, 2 September 1927, 27 March 1929 and 10 April 1929, with enclosures. Loose inside the file is a plan of lots nos 21-23, Yamashita-cho, Yokohama (property of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd), labelled as an enclosure to Yokohama property letter no. P.23 of 31 May 1929.
The file includes the following subjects (among others):
B: Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd; beer and ale; A. Brunner (staff).
C: P. Chatagnon (staff); D.W.J. Clark (staff).
F: Finance; funds.
G: F. Gandossi (staff) - departure from the firm.
J: Japanese hardwood; Japanese plywood.
M: A. McDonald (staff).
O: Ocean shipping agencies; T. Ozawa (staff).
R: Reardon Smith Line.
S: Silk; raw silk; waste silk; staff; strawbraid.
T: Timber ex 'Benlawers' and 'Asbjorn'; Tsingtao cold store.
The ring-binder is labelled 'Ports. To Japan from Shanghai. General'.
Dates
- Creation: 12 Apr. 1929-7 Jan. 1940
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Extent
1 file(s) (1 ring-binder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, October 2010.
Subject
- Austin, Reginald Mein, 1888-1934 (businessman) (Person)
- Beith, Benjamin David Fleming, 1884-1960 (businessman) (Person)
- Bell, Robert Gowland, c 1887-1952 (businessman) (Person)
- Coxon, Raymond Ernest, b 1892 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir William Johnstone, 1903-1990 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Lanning, Oswald Victor, b 1881 (businessman) (Person)
- McDonald, Alistair, b 1897 (businessman) (Person)
- Paterson, John Johnstone, 1886-1971 (businessman) (Person)
- Pollock, Frederick Arthur, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Scudamore, Herbert Fawckner, d 1938 (businessman) (Person)
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