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).
The price and quality of the Butler lamp compared to the Lucas combined stop and tail lamp.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\5\ img011 | |
| Date | 14th April 1934 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} 86076 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/MJ.14.4.34. Lucas Combined stop and Tail lamp. Replying to Roy.{Sir Henry Royce}6/MG.10.4.34. We cannot avoid pointing out that we consider our problem is to obtain the most satisfactory article. At the present time with the Butler lamp we are paying a high price for a very much inferior article. I am afraid we cannot allow political, industrial, and economical problems to influence our decision. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||