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 New-Hudson Ltd requesting a report on a front axle and discussing the financial arrangements for the job.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\2\ scan0122 | |
| Date | 23th November 1934 | |
| 1029 TELEGRAMS: WONDER, BIRMINGHAM TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 0321 (6 LINES) CODES: A.B.C. 5TH EDN. BENTLEYS REGISTERED TRADE MARK CONTRACTORS TO H.M. GOVERNMENT WAR OFFICE, G.P.O., COLONIAL AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS NEW-HUDSON LTD PROPRIETORS OF ST GEORGES ENGINEERING WORKS. OUR REF....... AF/AL. Icknield Street BIRMINGHAM . 18 23rd November 1934 Sole Manufacturers of THE GIRLING UNIVERSAL BRAKE. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Handwritten: MARTINDALE Please see me RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. Martindale. We should be glad if you will kindly send us at your earliest convenience a report on the second front axle which we sent you. If everything is O.K. the writer then wanted to get in touch with Mr. Robotham to try and square up the financial side of this job, as we are anxious to get squared up with the forging supplier and so straighten out the whole thing. We are naturally leaving it to your good graces and your usual kind attention. Yours faithfully, for NEW HUDSON LTD., [Signature] MANAGER. | ||