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).
Cablegram from Webb in Detroit to Robotham in Derby, requesting the immediate dispatch of filter parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\3\ scan0154 | |
| Date | 26th July 1937 | |
| FORM No. 6. 1139 WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., LD. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. TELEPHONE MIDLAND 1711 BIRMINGHAM, 1, BROAD ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} CHAMBERS. RECEIVED AT 1, BROAD STREET CHAMBERS, BIRMINGHAM, 1. (Tel. No. Midland, 1711.) 26 AM 7 04 18 DETROIT MICH 17 25 NLT ROBOTHAM ROYCAR DERBY SENDING IMMEDIATELY HALF DOZEN GENERAL FILTERS CASINGS AND ELEMENTS PER YOUR CABLE WEBB When shown, the Filing time is LOCAL STANDARD TIME which differs from British Summer Time by an additional hour, as in the following examples:— New York 6 hours. Chicago 7 hours. Denver, Col. 8 hours. Montreal 6 hours. Winnipeg 7 hours. Vancouver 9 hours. San Francisco 9 hours. Time difference Chart on application. Time of filing is not shown on cable letter messages. Confirmation | ||