Requesting permission to draw additional petrol from company tanks due to an insufficient allowance for business travel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan191 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1939 | |
| To Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} To -Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} copy to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AA. {D. Abbot Anderson} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /A.A. What is your verdict Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} PETROL SUPPLIES. With regard to the above, my total petrol allowance is the standard 7 gallons plus a supplementary 18 gallons/month. If the whole of this is used for business purposes it only permits 25 return journeys to Belper per month. As it is essential for me to contact regularly with Gr. {George Ratcliffe} and Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} at Duffield Bank, with Rg. {Mr Rowledge} at his house at Trowells Lane, with yourself and my test staff at Derby, I want permission to draw at least 4 galls/week from the Company's tanks. May I be supplied with the necessary coupons for this purpose please ? ---------- 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).