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 Chateauroux reporting on a successful 599-mile trial with no failures.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\2\ 02-page108 | |
Date | 19th December 1928 | |
POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. B or C Charges to pay s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} This form, and if possible the envelope, should accompany any enquiry respecting this Telegram. From: [illegible] (30029) Wt.19072/163 19,850m. Harrow B.4494 [Pasted Slip 1]: + 599 ++ Telegrams handed in... addresses may be handed to the messenger who delivers this form. The Post Office accepts telegrams by telephone. Prefix. Time handed in. Office of Origin and Service Instructions. Words. [Pasted Slip 2]: 301 CL 6.2 CHATEAUROUX 19 17.25 9 No. 114 Office Stamp DERBY To......... THE INFORMATION OVERLEAF WILL INTEREST YOU. [Pasted Slip 3]: HIVES ROYCAR DERBY [Pasted Slip 4]: = DAYS MILES 599 NON FAILURES = HANCOCK + [Stamp]: RECEIVED 20 DEC 1928 [Handwritten Annotation]: WOR{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Ho. Splendid Ho. | ||