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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).
Telegram responding to a report of petrol starvation, suggesting the cause is the reservation pump setting.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 91\2\  scan0088
Date  8th July 1937
  
300a
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CR{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester}
8.7.37.
WALLER HOTEL DE FRANCE CHATEAUROUX INDRE FRANCE.
Petrol Starvation Stop. Surely your report is misleading and pumps in the frame only suffer from petrol starvation due to reservation pump being on the dashboard.
ROBOTHAM.
  
  


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