Letter from C.C. Wakefield & Co. to the Experimental Department regarding a list of garages supplying CASTROL 'XL' motor oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\3\ Scan090 | |
| Date | 12th January 1926 | |
| MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS “CASTROL” MOTOR OILS. X1583 Telegrams: 'CHEERY, CENT, LONDON'. Telephone: 5202 CENTRAL (4 LINES). Codes: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION, PREMIER, BENTLEY'S, BROOMHALL, AND PRIVATE. GOVERNING DIRECTOR, SIR CHARLES WAKEFIELD, BART. MANAGING DIRECTOR, W. R. {Sir Henry Royce} GRAHAM. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY, J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} BROWNE. C. C. Wakefield & Co, Limited. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH CLASS LUBRICANTS. WORKS: REGENT STREET & CARLTON STREET, LIVERPOOL. AND HAYES, MIDDLESEX. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. Home. ABERDEEN, GLASGOW, BELFAST, LEEDS, BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL, BRISTOL, MANCHESTER, CARDIFF, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, CORK, NOTTINGHAM, DUBLIN, SOUTHAMPTON. Abroad. ACCRA, MARSEILLES, ADELAIDE, MALTA, ATHENS, MELBOURNE, AUCKLAND, MILAN, BANGKOK, MONTEVIDEO, BATAVIA, MONTREAL, BELGRADE, NAIROBI, BERLIN, NELSON, BOMBAY, NEWYORK, BRISBANE, OSLO, BRUSSELS, PALERMO, BUCHAREST, PARIS, BUDAPEST, PENANG, BUENOS AIRES, PERTH (W.A.), BULAWAYO, PORT ELIZABETH, CALCUTTA, PORT HARCOURT, CAPE TOWN, PORT HERALD, CHRISTCHURCH, PORT SUDAN, COLOGNE, PORTO NOVO, COLOMBO, PRAGUE, COPENHAGEN, QUITTAH, DRAMMEN, RANGOON, DUNEDIN, SANTOS, DURBAN, SAO PAULO, FREETOWN, SEMARANG, GENEVA, SINGAPORE, HELSINGFORS, SOURABAYA, JOHANNESBURG, SYDNEY, KAMPALA, TENERIFFE, KINSHASA, TOKIO, LAGOS, THE HAGUE, LAS PALMAS, VALPARAISO, LISBON, VIENNA, LOME, WELLINGTON, MADRAS, WIBORG, MADRID, ZAGREB, ZURICH. PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF: RJT/GRL YOUR REF: Hsl/LG EXPORT DEPT. Wakefield House, 30&32, Cheapside, London E.C.2. 12th. January 1926. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Experimental Department, DERBY. Dear Sirs, With further reference to your letter of the 5th inst., we now beg to hand you herewith, copy of a further list of garagists having supplies of CASTROL “XL” as supplied by our Paris Representatives. This list, together with the one previously sent you, will, we hope, dispose of any doubt as to whether CASTROL “XL” can be obtained in the South of France, and we trust to learn that no difficulty has been experienced in obtaining supplies for the car you are running there. Yours faithfully, C. C. WAKEFIELD & CO., LIMITED Managing Director Enc./E. | ||
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