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).
Telegram confirming the dispatch of MX 5 extensions after a failed telephone call.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\3\ img049 | |
| Date | 24th August 1936 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. Handwritten: X6009 Office Stamp: No. 0301 DERBY 24 AU 36 M TIME OF RECEIPT: PM 5 08 Prefix. Time handed in. Office of Origin and Service Instructions. Words. 33 333 5.49 LONDON T 19 Telegram message: WEST ROYCAR DERBY = UNSUCCESSFUL IN GETTING YOU ON TELEPHONE DESPTCHING FIRST 12 MX{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} 5 EXTENSIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT = MORGAN KAELGEE † 12 5 † THE INFORMATION OVERLEAF WILL INTEREST YOU. | ||