Communicating the content of two telegrams regarding specifications for front axle springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\3\ scan0121 | |
| Date | 11th September 1924 | |
| CJ. from Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} c. to Wcr. c. to HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /G. c. to Re. X9410 Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} 16/NJ11.9.24. EAC.111 - Front Axle. X9410 At 4.20 p.m. today I received from Chichester two telegrams, as follows:- 1st telegram:- "DECIDED ADOPT TWO STANDARDS, ENGLISH 12 1/2 PER CENT "STIFFER, CONTINENTAL 20 PER CENT STIFFER, NUMBER OF "PLATES MINIMUM TEN stop WOODHEAD CLIP ESSENTIAL stop "HIVES MUST NOT DESPATCH PRESENT SPRINGS". 2nd telegram:- "R. {Sir Henry Royce} CONSIDERS NUMBER OF PLATES INSUFFICIENT TO INSURE "BEST RESULTS stop MUST DO OUR BEST TO GET FIRTHS AND "WOODHEADS TO AGREE - BAILEY". You will note the first telegram is not signed, but the second is signed by By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} I shall get into communication with Firths as early as possible tomorrow (Friday), but I do not think that anything can be done until after the visit of Mr.J.Wortley Fawcett to these Works on Tuesday next, 16th inst. Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).