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).
Telegram reporting an engine as 'hopeless' and 'impossible to run' and requesting a new one.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0227 | |
| Date | 26th August 1935 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. No... XJ1553 Office Stamp 024B DERBY 26AUG35 B or C Charges to pay s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 4/ TIME OF RECEIPT 1 50 M From... Telegrams for INLAND addresses may be handed to the messenger who delivers this form. The Post Office accepts telegrams by telephone. This form, and if possible the envelope, should accompany any enquiry respecting this Telegram. Prefix. 74 Time handed in. Office of Origin and Service Instructions. Words. date To + 374 CL DCW 1450 26= TH CHATEAUROUX 12 THE INFORMATION OVERLEAF WILL INTEREST YOU. HIVES ROYCAR DERBY = ENGINE HOPELESS IMPOSSIBLE TO RUN NEW ENGINE REQUIRED = HANCOCK +++ | ||