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 on Hotel Sylva Pergolèse, Paris letterhead regarding an issue with customs officials over car parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\1\ scan0184 | |
| Date | 27th September 1934 guessed | |
| HOTEL SYLVA PERGOLÈSE Av. de la {L. A. Archer} Grande-Armée – 3, RUE PERGOLÈSE – Près du Bois de Boulogne PARIS (xviᵉ) Téléphone : PASSY 38-12 / 25-54 Registre du Commerce Seine N° 483.913 X3873 Sunday. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} After an excellent crossing, I found the French customs officials were ready to pay far too much personal attention to Dubonnets parts. This was owing to the fact that there were so few cars for them to argue about. As questions and the general position was becoming awkward, and the fact that I had no intention of paying £22.10.0d in duties on parts that were coming back to England - I had the parcel sealed and sent by the train to Paris. As we are in rather a sticky | ||