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 from the Ethyl Export Corporation to E. W. Hives arranging a visit to Derby.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\1\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 11th June 1935 | |
| CABLEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, LONDON. TELEGRAMS: ETHYLPORT, CHURTON. X1282 ETHYL EXPORT CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware, U.S.A. with limited liability. ABFORD HOUSE, VICTORIA LONDON, S.W.1 Telephone: VICTORIA 5 5 2 0 Head Office: 135 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK, U.S.A 11th June, 1935. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. Hives, Esq., Experimental Department, Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}, Referring to our telephone conversation the other day, I would like to come to Derby on Thursday, and if I do not hear further from you I will arrive at the works about 11.30 a.m. I am coming by road. I shall be very pleased if you and Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} can have lunch with me on that day because there are one or two points I would like to discuss with you. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, H.P. Sanks. FRB/BB [Handwritten notes:] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} I have AM people here HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||