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 S. Smith & Sons regarding the return and reconditioning of six faulty Calorstats.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\2\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 7th December 1938 | |
| 105 File 1328 CONTRACTORS TO ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 3333 (20 LINES) TELEGRAMS: SPEEDOFAC, PHONE, LONDON. CABLES: SPEEDOFAC, LONDON. CODES: MARCONI, COMMERCIAL, BENTLEY'S. S. SMITH & SONS (Motor Accessories) Ltd CRICKLEWOOD WORKS LONDON, N.W.2 BRANCHES AT PARIS MILAN SYDNEY WELLINGTON AGENCIES AND SERVICE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES SHOWROOMS & DEPOTS 179-185 GT PORTLAND ST LONDON, W.1. 26-33, COX ST LIVERY ST BIRMINGHAM 14A JACKSONS ROW DEANSGATE MANCHESTER 21 DRURY STREET GLASGOW DUBLIN & BELFAST December 7th, 1938. hWTh/1900 Please quote our reference: E.6 FGE/MM. Your Ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.5/MH.{M. Huckerby} Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We note by your letter of the 5th inst. that six Calorstats E.80893 are being returned, five of which open too late. We will check these when they arrive and if found to be outside the drawing specification we will recondition and refill them. Yours faithfully, for S. SMITH & SONS (MOTOR ACCESSORIES) LIMITED. ENGINEER. To avoid delay all envelopes should be addressed to the firm. | ||