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).
Cablegram from Robotham to Hives requesting particulars of a Bentley axle thrust race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img066 | |
| Date | 23th September 1940 guessed | |
| Form No. 6 WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. JN. 25 AM 9 15 MF BM 53 BUFFALO 31 22 NLT ROYCAR DERBY MESSRS ROLLS ROYCE CO LTD DERBY. HIVES PLEASE SEND PARTICULARS OF BENTLEY AXLE THRUST RACE TO DETROIT SHALL BE THERE TOMORROW OIL TAPPETS TRY BLEED WHICH CLOSES WHILE VALVE IS LIFTED SEE JARDINES ROBOTHAM Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} mdz | ||