Requesting the new comparative cost for louvres and shutters after a reduction in production time.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\3\ scan0102 | |
| Date | 11th August 1927 | |
| To My/Rb. {R. Bowen} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X1085 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/LG11.8.27. X55 We have a figure for the cost of louvres and shutters as follows :- Louvres £28. 14. 0 Shutters £13. 12. 0 We understand that the cost of the louvred bonnet has been xxxx materially reduced recently, the time allowance having been altered from over 100 hrs. to 9 hrs. We should like to know what is the actual comparative cost of these two items since the modification. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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