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).
Acknowledging a telegram and confirming arrangements for meeting a car arriving at Boulogne.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\4\ scan0107 | |
| Date | 1st April 1925 | |
| PRIVATE "Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}" DERBY 18940 Hk{Col. T. Harker - Sales}9/Dn/MM.1.4.25 93-NK We beg to acknowledge receipt of your telegram, reading : "HAWKINS NINETYTHREE N K WILL ARRIVE AT BOULOGNE" "AFTERNOON BOAT FRIDAY PLEASE ARRANGE FOR CROYDON" "TO MEET CAR " for which we are obliged. As requested, Croydon will be there to meet the car on arrival, and have the grey card, tax receipt and number plate in his possession. The car will therefore be able to leave at once for its destination, but it must be distinctly understood that the car should not be driven by anybody not in possession of a French Driving Dicense. Hk.{Col. T. Harker - Sales} HK{Col. T. Harker - Sales} | ||