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 a supplier about a late cancellation of a glycerine order.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\3\ scan0076 | |
| Date | 1st March 1929 | |
| Telegrams: THOMAS BRISTOL Telephone: 1957 BRISTOL House Founded 1745 ABC Code, 4th and 5th Editions Marconi International CHRISTR. THOMAS & BROS. LTD. Broad Plain, Bristol [Logo for Zero Radiator Glycerine] [Postmark Stamp: POST RECEIVED 1 MAR 1929] Friday - March 1st.1929 Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., 14 & 15 Conduit Street, London W.1 Dear Sirs, Referring to our letter of yesterday's date. Late last evening we received the following telegram from your Derby Works:- "PLEASE CANCEL ROLLS ROYCE ORDER FOR GLYCERINE". In accordance with your telephonic instructions we had already despatched the goods per passenger train, and the telegram arrived too late to recover them. We hope to receive a letter explaining the position in due course. Yours faithfully, CHRISTR. THOMAS & BROS. LTD. [Illegible signature] N/WO | ||