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).
Continued report comparing the availability and quality of various oils like Wakefields, Prices, and Vacuum.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\1\ scan0135 | |
| Date | 22th February 1926 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- we have obtained with it are equally as good as Prices. One of our reasons for using this oil in France was that we could readily obtain it there. Wakefields oil is fairly well distrib- uted throughout France. It can easily be obtained in the south of France. It is also distributed in all the Colonies. We should say that Wakefields oil comes next to Vacuum as regards being widely distributed. Prices Candle Co. who were the original owners of Prices Oil, were bought up by the Lever Soap Combine. The oil side of the business afterwards changed hands and is now controlled by the Anglo Persian Co. There was a period when we thought the quality of the oil had deteriorated, but taking it all through we have nothing to complain of with Prices oils except that customers frequently cannot obtain them, and are therefore likely to have any inferior brands thrust upon them. We attach Chemists reports on Wakefields and Prices oils. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||