Standardisation Sheet X.No.135 detailing refusal to sign due to the increased cost of the Smith's Empire Electric Clock.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\1\ img039 | |
| Date | 7th February 1936 | |
| Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst. H.135 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 11/KW.7.2.36. Please note & return Standardisation Sheet X.No. 135 - 20/25 HP. Smith's Empire Electric Clock. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} has refused to sign this Standardisation Sheet on account of the increased cost, and this item cannot therefore be fitted to production cars until the cost is no more than that of the present clock. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} Gry {Shadwell Grylls} Gry {Shadwell Grylls} In spite of SG {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 's agreement? we have a memo agreeing to this from SF. WH | ||
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).