Wire communication confirming the arrival of mechanics and a new axle for a Goshawk repair.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\2\ Scan136 | |
| Date | 19th October 1922 | |
| Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} P/Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X4256 RECEIVED OCT 19 1922 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Wa. {Mr Wallis} 6/Go.II.10.22 re GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 7-G-II We beg to acknowledge receipt of your wire reading as follows:- Sending mechanics to repair Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) axle also sending new complete axle and to confirm ours of this morning:- mechanics have arrived new axle is advised stop do not worry about alarmist rumours have already quietened axle shall fit new roller bearing tonight We have now received the new axle you sent and we will work on the car to-night. WA. {Mr Wallis} C Ker | ||
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).