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).
Telegram from Symons requesting a voltage control and four tyres with tubes to be sent to Nairobi.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\4\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 1st March 1937 | |
| Printed in England. (Dec., 1936.) (225,000.) CABLE AND WIRELESS LIMITED. (Message Form 5/-157.) 49 10 11 12 STAMP: OFFICE OF ISSUE. CABLE AND WIRELESS LIMITED BIRMINGHAM BRANCH - 1 MAR. 1937 * FULL ADDRESS ON BACK. PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER: Lombard House, Great Charles Street, BIRMINGHAM, 3. Telephone: Central 8321. CABLE ROUTES WIRELESS ROUTES Circuit. Clerk's Name. Time Received. AHCS BM5 KANO 34 28 1058 - NLT GRILLS ROYCAR DERBY ENGLAND PLEASE SEND VOLTAGE CONTROL AND FOUR TYRES AND TUBES IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LEAVING LONDON TUESDAY ADDRESSED TO ME AT NAIROBI ALL WELL STOP HAVE ALSO WIRED BUCKLEY ABOUT TYRES - SYMONS • Mr Gryffths STAMP: COPY OF TELEGRAM WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN TELEPHONED TO YOU. The first line of this Telegram contains the following particulars in the order named:— Prefix Letters and Number of Message, Office of Origin, Number of Words, Date, Time handed in and Official Instructions—if any. L & P (c). NO ENQUIRY RESPECTING THIS TELEGRAM CAN BE ATTENDED TO WITHOUT PRODUCTION OF THIS COPY. REPLIES SHOULD BE HANDED IN AT ONE OF THE COMPANY'S OFFICES. | ||