SPEED ON WATER

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30497, 20 July 1964, Page 11

SPEED ON WATER

Oil Group Backing <N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LAKE EYRE, July 19. Donald Campbell has several sites in west Victoria under consideration for a new attempt on the world’s water speed record of 260.35 m.p.h. which he set five years ago. He took the record on Coniston Water in a jetpropelled hydroplane named Bluebird. Campbell will use the same hydroplane for his Australian water speed assault. At Muloorina Station at Lake Eyre, Campbell conferred with an official of an oil company which will probably back his attempt. He declined to name a starting date for his new bid. “There is a tremendous deal of work and planning to be done before we can announce a starting date,” Campbell said. “First, we will search for, and entirely examine, all possible sites.” He said that preliminary surveys had already shown that Lake Albacutya in northwest Victoria might prove suitable. Lake Hindmarsh, nearby, was also a possibility. Since news of Campbell’s triumph on Lake Eyre was flashed from the track on Friday morning, Lake Eyre’s temporary caravan post office has been inundated with congratulatory telegrams and telephone calls. One of the hundreds of telegrams addressed to Campbell was detailed Buckingham Palace and read: “Delighted to hear of your success— Philip.”