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 reporting the failure of two new valve springs after 500 miles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img435 | |
| Date | 20th February 1934 | |
| Form No. 6. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} CHAMBERS. TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 2854 TELEX: CENTRAL 2850 1934 FEB 20 AM 7 23 1320 M 31 DAYTONOHIO 14 19TH NLT ROYCAR DERBY MESSRS ROLLS ROYCE LD NIGHTINGALE RD DERBY HIVE TWO VALVE SPRINGS NEW SET BROKEN FIVE HUNDRED MILES ROBOTHAM | ||