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Telegram from Hancock to Hives reporting on mileage covered during a test run.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 11\4\  04-page018
Date  2nd May 1932
  
POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. Office Stamp: DERBY * 2 MY 32. No. 139. TIME OF RECEIPT: 4.16 M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Label: CT 11834 + CONFIDENTIAL. Purple Stamp: HIVES. Telegram Header: 150 C DS 1422 2 CHATEAUROUX(French test region) 25. To: = HIVES ROYCAR DERBY ENGLETERRE. Message: = REPORT IN POST STOP COMPLETED 1834 MILES STOP DRIVING ALL DAY AND WORKING UNTIL MIDNIGHT LEFT NO TIME FOR REPORTS = HANCOCK +. Bottom Right Stamp: RECEIVED 3 MAY 32.
  
  
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).


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