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 C.C. Wakefield & Co. Ltd regarding car testing in France and a request for a list of stockists.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\3\ Scan088 | |
| Date | 6th January 1926 | |
| MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS "CASTROL" MOTOR OILS. V/1583 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. 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. EXPORT DEPT. Wakefield House, 30&32 Cheapside, London E.C.2 PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF RJT/GRL YOUR REF Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG. 6th. January 1926. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. Home. ABERDEEN, GLASGOW, BELFAST, LEEDS, BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL, BRISTOL, MANCHESTER, CARDIFF, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, CORK, NOTTINGHAM, DUBLIN, SOUTHAMPTON. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, Abroad. ACCRA, MARSEILLES. ADELAIDE, MALTA. ATHENS, MELBOURNE. AUCKLAND, MILAN. BANGKOK, MONTEVIDEO. BATAVIA, MONTREAL. BELGRADE, NAIROBI. BERLIN, NELSON. BLANTYRE, NEW YORK. BOMBAY, OSLO. BRISBANE, PALERMO. BRUSSELS, PARIS. BUCHAREST, PENANG. BUDAPEST, PERTH (W.A.). BUENOS AIRES, PORT ELIZABETH. BULAWAYO, PORT HARCOURT. CALCUTTA, PORT HERALD. CAPE TOWN, PORT SUDAN. CHRISTCHURCH, PORTO NOVO. COLOGNE, PRAGUE. COLOMBO, QUITTAH. COPENHAGEN, RANGOON. DRAMMEN, SANTOS. DUNEDIN, SAO PAULO. DURBAN, SEMARANG. FREETOWN, SINGAPORE. GENEVA, SOURABAYA. HELSINGFORS, SYDNEY. JOHANNESBURG, TENERIFFE. KAMPALA, TOKIO. KINSHASHA, THE HAGUE. LAGOS, VALPARAISO. LAS PALMAS, VIENNA. LISBON, WELLINGTON. LOME, WIBORG. MADRAS, ZAGREB. MADRID. ZURICH. We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favour of yesterday's date, from which we note with interest that one of your cars will shortly be running on test in the South of France. We thank you for having given instructions that CASTROL "XL" should be the lubricant employed. Regarding the list of stockists you ask for, you will understand that we have not the information in this office, but are communicating with our Paris Representatives for same, and will send it along immediately upon receipt. Your remarks are being communicated to our people in France, and we are quite sure that they will act upon same. With renewed thanks and assuring you of our best attention. We are, Yours faithfully, C.C. WAKEFIELD & CO., LIMITED. [Signature] Managing Director. | ||