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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 lubricant manufacturer C.C. Wakefield & Co. regarding a sludge sample collected from a gearbox.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 145\2\  scan0075
Date  28th September 1935
  
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BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING
Makers of the Famous "PATENT CASTROL" Motor Oils.
BY APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES
C. C. Wakefield & Co., Limited.
MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH CLASS LUBRICANTS.
Wakefield House, 30 & 32, Cheapside, London, E.C.2.
GOVERNING DIRECTOR: VISCOUNT WAKEFIELD OF HYTHE.
MANAGING DIRECTOR: W.R.GRAHAM.
DIRECTOR & SECRETARY: J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} BROWNE.
TELEGRAMS: "CHEERY, CENT, LONDON."
TELEPHONES: CITY 4411 (10 LINES)
CODES: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION, PREMIER, BENTLEY'S, AND BROOMHALL.
WORKS: REGENT STREET, LIVERPOOL. AND HAYES, MIDDLESEX.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES.
HOME.
ABERDEEN, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, CARDIFF, CORK, DUBLIN, GLASGOW, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, NOTTINGHAM, SOUTHAMPTON.
ABROAD.
ADELAIDE, AUCKLAND, BANGKOK, BERLIN, BOMBAY, BRISBANE, BRUSSELS, BUCHAREST, BUENOS AIRES, CALCUTTA, CAPE TOWN, CHRISTCHURCH, COLOGNE, COLOMBO, COPENHAGEN, DUNEDIN, DURBAN, GENEVA, HONG-KONG, JOHANNESBURG, KARACHI, LISBON, LYTTELTON, MADRAS, MALTA, MELBOURNE, MILAN, MONTEVIDEO, MONTREAL, NEW YORK, PARIS, PENANG, PERTH, W.A., PRAGUE, RANGOON, RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS, SINGAPORE, SOURABAYA, STOCKHOLM, SYDNEY, TORONTO, VALPARAISO, VANCOUVER, VIENNA, WELLINGTON, WINNIPEG, ZURICH.
OUR REF.: GJC/MGH
YOUR REF.: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}15/KW
28th September, 1935.
Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited,
DERBY.
Dear Sirs,
We thank you for your letter of the 27th inst., and the sample of sludge collected from the gearbox that has been run on CASTROL HI-PRESS LIGHT has duly come to hand. We are sending this to Mr. Evans for examination and will be writing you again as soon as we receive his report.
Yours faithfully,
C. C. WAKEFIELD & CO. LIMITED.
Managing Director.
[STAMP] ALL BRITISH FIRM
  
  


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