MINISTERIAL TRIBUTE
Sir M. Campbell’s Record
Air. Hore Belisha, Minister of Transport at Home, attended the British Jteeina Drivers’ Club dinner to Sir Malcolm Campbell. “Anyone,” he eaid, “who, like Sir Malcolm, attains a speed on land not. hitherto rcache dby man, enters what is in truth an unemployed sphere where be may meet dangers against which even the greatest care an dforesight cannot (provide. Tho Blue Bird, in Sir Malcolm’s hands, is no mere machine, but au embodiment of the spirit of adventure, and of the genius of research. The results of his achievement would be felt for years to come in improvements in design and an increased margin of safety for millions of motor vehicles.
“There is no man who takes greater precautions than the racing motor driver. I am sure I shall have the support of this gathering in reminding the foolhardy that Sir Malcolm Campbell risked his own life in a great cause. They risk other people’s lives for no cause at all.”
And after that an unsympathetic magistrate fined Sir Malcolm Campbell for exceeding the 30-mile speed limit on an English road.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 160, 22 June 1935, Page 13
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