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).
Letter from Shell-Mex Limited responding to a complaint about impurities in their petrol.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\4\ Scan047 | |
| Date | 19th May 1927 | |
| ALL OFFERS SUBJECT TO ACCEPTANCE BY RETURN OF POST UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED All communications to be addressed to the Company. Telegrams: 'SHELMEX, ESTRAND, LONDON.' Telephone, REGENT 6635. BY APPOINTMENT SHELL-MEX LIMITED SOLE DISTRIBUTORS OF SHELL & MEX MOTOR SPIRIT SNOWFLAKE & EMPIRE LAMP OILS . EMPIRE VAPORISING OIL FOR TRACTORS SHELL LUBRICATING OILS . MEX FUEL OIL . MEXPHALTE Etc. (P.O. BOX No. 148.) SHELL CORNER KINGSWAY, W.C.2. In reply please refer to Department ABC/KMG Your Ref [Handwritten annotation: received] Com.Briggs, Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., 14 Conduit Street, W.1. Dear Com.Briggs: In consequence of your complaint regarding foreign bodies in Shell Petrol we have carried out an extensive examination of samples of our own spirit and that of principal competitors drawn from several areas in this country, these samples being filtered through hard black filter paper and the paper carefully examined. The result of these experiments is that a certain amount of impurity, chiefly dust, was found in practically all the samples but our spirit compared favourably for cleanliness with that of our competitors. We take an infinite amount of care in seeing that our spirit is delivered as free as possible from any impurities but owing to the presence of particles of dust, [handwritten insertion: in the air] some of them will always find their way into the spirit. Yours sincerely, For SHELL-MEX LTD [Signature: K.Mackenzie Grieve] Manager [Stamp: NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN] | ||