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).
Telegram from Hancock reporting a car held up due to piston ring breakages, requiring a new piston from Paris.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\4\ 04-page074 | |
| Date | 5th July 1933 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS No. 189 Handwritten Ref: X7941. Office Stamp: DERBY * 5 JY 33 Time of Receipt: 4/26 M To: 4-35 M Stamped: CONFIRMATION Telegram Info: 208 C DC 1510 5 CHATEAUROUX 20 Message: HIVES ROYCAR DERBY = CAR HELD UP ALL PISTON RING STOPS BREAKINGS NUMBER SIX PISTON SCRAP OBTAINING PISTON FROM PARIS = = HANCOCK +++ | ||