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).
Querying the policy on local cash purchases versus using the Order Office.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 134\3\ scan0328 | |
| Date | 18th November 1940 | |
| Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 1130 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}12/ET.18.11.40. The attached memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}3/ET.12.11.40 addressed to Petty Cash has been returned by them, with a note to the effect that all purchases must be made through the Order Office. Whilst we appreciate that, as a general procedure, it is essential that all goods should be purchased through the correct channels, it is sometimes necessary, in the interests of the job, to avoid delay, to make local cash purchases. We should like your advice on this matter for future policy, and a refund of 2/6d. for the items mentioned in the attached memo. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||