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).
Letter from an applicant declining a job offer due to the salary.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\2\ img147 | |
Date | 7th May 1934 | |
20 Sudbrooke Road, London, S.W.12. 7th. May, 1934. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. For the attention of Mr. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham. Ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 16/KW. Dear Sir, Further to my interview with you on the 4th. inst., I have given the matter careful thought, but regret that I am not prepared to take a post outside London at the salary offered, viz. £4. per week, and therefore would ask you not to consider my name amongst the applicants. I beg to thank the firm for the courteous way in which I was received, and for their kindness in allowing me to be conducted round the works afterwards. Very truly yours, H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Mansion. | ||