Board Meeting Papers

Board Meeting - 4 Jan 1954:

Agenda, with memorandum re. Plant Protection Ltd. and copy of Addendum attached

Minutes of Board Meeting, 26 Nov 1953, with the following minutes - *Minutes of Board Meeting of 29 Oct 1953, Sealings, Transfers, Directors' Shareholdings, Westminster Bank Ltd. Berkhamsted, Mr. T. C. Betteridge, Overdraft facilities, The Managing Director's Report, The Cooper Technical Bureau, Home Farm Little Gaddesden, Stocks, Cooper Pension Fund & Savings Deposit fund, Overseas Visit, The Managing Director, Board Meetings

Report of the Secretary on Sealing of Documents between 27 Nov 1953 and 1 Jan 1954

Share Transfer Report, 23 Dec 1953

Managing Director's Report, for 18 Nov to 22 Dec 1953, covering the following topics -
*Aerosols, British Drug Houses Ltd., Castle Meadows, Colombia, CMR/C&N/AE&CI Agreement, C. & N. S. Af. (Pty.) Ltd., Cooper Technical Bureau, Finance, Mr. Shirley Harrowell, Home Farm Little Gaddesden, Personnel, Salaries, Sales, Smithfield Show, U. K. Factory Production, Uruguay

Papers re. C. & N./C. M. R./A. E. & C. I. Agreement -
*Memorandum re. purchase of shares of Plant Protection (Pty) Ltd. dated 28 Dec 1953, with copy of letter attached
*Memorandum re. East African position dated 24 Nov 1953, with an extract from Mr. M. H. McDougall's letter to Mr. Walker-Leigh attached

Memorandum from Mr. T. C. Betteridge to the Managing Director re. Proposed Manufacture of Piperonyl Butoxide - Germany, dated 1 Jan 2004

Memorandum from the Assistant Managing Director to the All Directors re. Manufacture of Spersil for Plant Protection, Ltd., dated 1 Jan 2004

Additional Papers -
*Notes on Report No. 1 of Production - Engineering Ltd. (Dec 1953)
*South American Overdrafts, dated 30 Dec 1953 (date written by hand)
*Return of Personnel for Board Meeting, Home and Overseas Summary, dated 1 Jan 1954

Board Meeting - 28 Jan 1954:

Agenda

Minutes of Board Meeting (main and draft copies), 4 Jan 1954, with the following minutes -
*Mr. S. Harrowell deceased, Minutes of Board Meeting of 26 Nov 1953, Sealings, Transfers, The Managing Director's Report, Salaries and bonuses, Senior pension scheme, Cooper Technical Bureau, British Drug Houses, Colombia - Overdraft Facilities, Castle Meadows, Cooper & Nephews S. Af. (Pty:) Ltd., Home Farm Little Gaddesden, Farm Manager's report, C. & N./C. M. R./A. E & C. I. Agreement, Manufacture of Spersul, Piperonyl Butoxide - Germany, U. K. Factory Deficits

Report of the Secretary on Sealing of Documents between 5 and 27 Jan 1954

Share Transfer Report, 23 Jan 1954

Assistant Managing Director's Report, for 23 Dec 1953 to 19 Jan 1954, covering the following topics -
*Annual Review of Salaries, Berkhamsted Employees' Outing, Cattle Dips - Argentina, Colombia, C. & N./C. M. R./A. E. &. C. I. Agreement - P. P. trade, Cooper Technical Bureau, Finance, Home Trade - Household Section - Pet Food Trade, Personnel, Raw Materials and Containers, Retiring Allowances, Sales, Sickness Benefit Scheme, Statement of Stocks of Raw Materials and Finished Products - Home, Synthetic Resins, Uruguay

Report by R. P. Cooper re. Synthetic Resins, with covering memorandum dated 22 Jan 1954

Additional Papers -
*Review of C. M. R.'s Farming Activities by Mr. D. S. A. McDougall, dated 30 Dec 1953 (discussion deferred from Board Meeting of 4 Jan 1954)
*Notes of discussion with Mr. Atcherley, dated 6 Jan 1954
*Survey report on the British factories, dated 1 Jan 1954
*Memorandum dated 21 Jan 1954 refering to Minutes of Board Meeting of 11 Jan 1954, however there is no other evidence that Cooper, McDougall and Robertson, Ltd. had a Board Meeting on that date.
It could however refer to a Board Meeting of Pressure Aerosols Filling Co. Ltd., whose name appears at the top of the memorandum.

Jan 1954

1 item