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 Robotham requesting Derby's views on automobiles before cabling New York.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\2\ img180 | |
| Date | 8th March 1934 | |
| IMPERIAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED Printed in England. (Aug. 1929) CABLE ROUTES WIRELESS ROUTES STAMP: OFFICE OF ISSUE BIRMINGHAM -8 MAR 34 GUILDHALL BLDGS. 45 Circuit: Clerk's Name: BCE 0835 Time Received: USA Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BM31 NEWYORK 20 7 1725 W NLT - ROYCAR DERBY HIVES SHOULD LIKE INDICATIONS OF DERBYS VIEWS ON AUTOMOBILES BEFORE TELEPHONING CABLE NEW YORK UNTIL SATURDAY - ROBOTHAM . STAMP: COPY OF TELEGRAM WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN TELEPHONED TO YOU. Handwritten: 1320 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. Vertical Text: 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. | ||