The price and quality of the Butler lamp compared to the Lucas combined stop and tail lamp.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\5\ img011 | |
| Date | 14th April 1934 | |
| To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hn. {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} 86076 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/MJ.14.4.34. Lucas Combined stop and Tail lamp. Replying to Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} 6/MG.10.4.34. We cannot avoid pointing out that we consider our problem is to obtain the most satisfactory article. At the present time with the Butler lamp we are paying a high price for a very much inferior article. I am afraid we cannot allow political, industrial, and economical problems to influence our decision. HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).