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).
Arrangements to take a car to France, including the ferry crossing and obtaining the necessary driving licence.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\4\ Scan119 | |
| Date | 30th January 1928 | |
| To HK.{Col. T. Harker - Sales} Paris. From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X677 X8940b Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG30.1.28. We have received from you telegram dated 30th. as follows :- Hives fifteen EX. find papers ready Boulogne Wednesday. GB. plates essential awaiting photos, date, place, Hives birth. The car will cross over on Wednesday on the afternoon boat from Folkestone. 4 P.M. I have arranged temporarily to obtain through the R.A.C. in London an International Driving licence which will enable me to drive this car in France. At the same time however I would much prefer to get a French licence if it is at all possible. I am therefore sending you tomorrow two photographs. I shall call at Paris with the car, arriving Thursday evening. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||