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 The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd. regarding the dispatch of Special Needle Roller Bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\7\ 07-page133 | |
| Date | 27th January 1938 | |
| HOFFMANN Registered Trade Mark BALL-AND-ROLLER-BEARINGS STEEL-BALLS-AND-ROLLERS THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND INDIA OFFICE. BRANCHES: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, GLASGOW. AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. TELEPHONE 3151 (FIVE LINES) TELEGRAMS: HOFFMANN, CHELMSFORD CODES USED: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION, BENTLEY PHRASE, BENTLEY 2ND PHRASE, MARCONI AND WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER. [Handwritten] F.J. HARDY [Handwritten] 1300 CHELMSFORD. MESSRS. ROLLS ROYCE LTD., DERBY. 27th January 1938 YOUR REF. IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. JB/BK{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager} Dear Sirs, Referring to your letter of January 22nd RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}9/JH we have in hand 16 - J.385 Special Needle Roller Bearings. We are hoping to send you four of these this evening but failing this despatch will be made tomorrow. We will communicate again with you as soon as possible and also submit our quotation. In the meanwhile, we wish you to know that this matter is receiving very special attention. Yours faithfully, THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING CO.LTD., | ||