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).
Production delays of a new front axle and shock absorbers due to a strike.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\2\ scan0206 | |
| Date | 20th May 1926 | |
| To OY. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten, crossed out: X8420] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG20.5.26. [Handwritten, crossed out: X235] We have cabled you as follows :- "FORTNIGHT BEFORE NEW FRONT AXLE ON ROAD STOP SHOCK ABSORBERS DELAYED DESPATCH IN THREE DAYS - HIVES". We regret that owing to the 'strike', we have been held up on our production of the new front axle and shock absorbers. We are however sending off the set you require in three days and will let you have the results of the tests on the lightened axle at the earliest possible moment. [Watermark: NO OFFICIAL SANCTION] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||