Internal memoranda relating to A.E. Joyce, journalist, discussing Joyce's employment in the city office of the Manchester Guardian, and also by the Manchester Evening News, with reference to starting salary, duties, payment for contributions, increases in salary, and holiday cover. There is discussion of potential contributions by Joyce to column on advice to investors.
Also included is a list of Joyce's qualifications, and letters conveying the thanks of Sir Austen Chamberlain, politician, for work undertaken by Joyce at the British Consul in Portugal.