SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20169, 23 February 1931, Page 11

SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL.

CONVERSATION WITH THE KING. HIS MAJESTY'S CONGRATULATIONS. sr ■ ■ n (UNITED PBESB ASSOCIATION—BV ELECTBIC j TKLEOBAPH—COPIfItOHT.) >* (deceived February 22nd, 7.30 p,m.) LONDON, February 21.. f. After the King had knighted Malif colm Campbell his Majesty .had forty l " : minutcß* conversation with him upon y his record-making feat, showing much knowledge of technicalities; and -the A possibility of accident, and he congratue lated Sir Malcolm on his freedom from d them. He recalled knighting Sir Heinry e Segravo. and expressed his great sorrow t at his fate. a t h ROUSING RECEPTION AT ® LONDON. H Cdbitish OFPicrAL wireless.) 1 ' i- RUGBY, Februai-y 20. Sir Malcolm Campbell had a rousing reception from large crowds on his 6 arrival in London to-day. In West- .. minster Hall he was welcomed by the i- Minister for Transport (Mr Herbert F Morrison) and the ; Secretary of the 9 Department of Overseas Trade (Mr G. •j M. Gillett). Mr Morrison said Sir B Malcolm Campbell's record was an in- - valuable tribute to the efficiency of s British engineering. Sir Malcolm Campbell replied that he 1 was proud if he had helped to cement . the friendship between the United States and Great Britain's and to 7 uphold British traditions, j He was later given a 'reception at l the Automobile Club He said his success was due to the excellence of British workmanship. V . . ■■ /