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 C.C. Wakefield & Co. confirming receipt of gear oil samples for their research department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\3\ Scan106 | |
| Date | 9th February 1926 | |
| MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS "CASTROL" MOTOR OILS. Telegrams: "CHEERY, CENT, LONDON." Telephone: 5202 CENTRAL (4 LINES) Codes: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION. PREMIER, BENTLEY'S & BROOMHALL. TO AVOID DELAY ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE FIRM. X1583 C. C. Wakefield & Co. Limited. MANUFACTURERS OF High Class LUBRICANTS GOVERNING DIRECTOR, SIR CHARLES WAKEFIELD, BART. MANAGING DIRECTOR, W. R.{Sir Henry Royce} GRAHAM. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY, J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} BROWNE. OUR REF: AL/FG. YOUR REF: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG. PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE. Wakefield House, 30 & 32, Cheapside. London E.C.2 February 9th. 1926. WORKS: REGENT STREET & CARLTON STREET, LIVERPOOL. AND HAYES, MIDDLESEX. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. Home. ABERDEEN. BELFAST. BIRMINGHAM. CARDIFF. CORK. DONCASTER. DUBLIN. DUNDEE. GLASGOW. LEEDS. LIVERPOOL. MANCHESTER. NEWCASTLE on TYNE. NOTTINGHAM. RUGBY. Abroad. AMSTERDAM. BOMBAY. BRUSSELS. BUENOS AIRES. CAIRO. CALCUTTA. CAPE TOWN. CHRISTCHURCH. DRAMMEN. DURBAN. GENOA. JOHANNESBURG. MELBOURNE. MONTREAL. NEW YORK. PARIS. RIO DE JANEIRO. SYDNEY. VALPARAISO. WELLINGTON. WINNIPEG. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Experimental Department, D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, For attention of Mr. Hives. I am in receipt of yours of the 4th inst., for which I am obliged. The samples of Gear Oil have come safely to hand, and as soon as I get a report from our Research Department I will communicate with you further on the matter. Yours faithfully, A.{Mr Adams} Limb Castrol REG<u>D</u> AWARDED GRAND PRIX FOR OILS AT TURIN (1911) BRUSSELS (1910) AND BUENOS AYRES (1910) EXHIBITIONS. | ||