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).
Typed confirmation of a wire exchange regarding the dispatch of a mechanic and damaged parts for repair.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\4\ scan0143 | |
| Date | 16th April 1925 | |
| Hotel de France, Chateauroux. Indre. France. April 16th, 1925. To: "HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}" From: G.W.Hancock. We beg to confirm our wire, reading :- BUTLER LEAVING TONIGHT SHOULD ARRIVE SEVEN OR NINE SATURDAY EVENING - HANCOCK which was in answer to your wire :- SEND MAN TO DERBY WITH ALL DAMAGED PARTS OFF NINETYTHREE NK INCLUDING COUPLING HE WILL RETURN AT ONCE WITH NEW STEERING COLUMN - HIVES. G.W.Hancock. | ||