CAMPBELL’S QUEST
FOR MOTOR RACIXO TRACK. (United Press Association—By F lee trie Telegraph—Copy r. ght). (Received this day at ‘J. a.m.) LONDON', Nov. 28. Malcolm Campbell (cabled on 3rd November lias relumed alter an adventurous flight. He was iorced down on the Altaian const and robbed by Kills, but was rescued by Spanish soldiers. Ho came home in a Spanish steamer. He found an ideal speed track, but decided not to utilise it owing to its remoteness, ami the ex ponso oi' maintaining beiul(|iiarter.s. Campbell said he .was returning with shattered illusions as to the making oi a motoring record in 'Sahara. He I'ottud the area till right, about eight hundred miles north of I inibuetoo, but it wits Id(I miles to the nearest outpost, and the only access is across an arid, uneven desert, over which till supplies, including water, must he carried.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1928, Page 5
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