3 MAY 1935, Page 6

The Minister of Transport on Tuesday, at a dinner to

Sir Malcolm Campbell, asserted that in. his feats at Daytona Beach " Sir Malcolm risked his life in a great cause." No one can have anything but admiration for Sir Malcolm's intrepidity, but Mr. Hore-I3elisha's proposi4 tion seems to me to call for some examination none the less.. Before he went to Daytona this spring Sir Malcolm Campbell had already achieved a speed of 272 miles all hour. That he has since raised to 276, and he proposes to go on till he has reached 300 an hour. When all allowance is made for the light racing strains cast on engine-construc- tion and braking is the bridging of the gulf between 272 miles an hour and 276 really to be described as a great cause ? And is it worth risking a valuable life for ?

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