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Query regarding the receipt of a 50-gallon sample of 'Racing Shell' petrol.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 20\4\  Scan052
Date  28th February 1930
  
x976.

Cx {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} 17/KW28.2.30.

S/W. {Sales / Derby Works}
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

Re- Shell Petrol.
HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/MJ1823

Would you kindly let me know whether you have received the 50 gallon sample of "Racing Shell" ?
I wrote to Mr.Callingham of the Shell Company and told him of your wish to try it, but I have heard no more from him, and don't want to worry him if you have received the petrol in question.

CX. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}
  
  
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).


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