NOTED JOURNALIST.
FREEDOM OF CITY. (British Official* Wireless.) RUGBY, April 9. A great journalist was honoured today when Dr. C. P. Scott, who recently retired from the editorship of the Manchester Guardian, after 67 years' service, received the freedom of the City of Manchester. The Lord Mayor of Manchester, wlio presided, said that Dr, Scott had regarded liis position as a public trust. Ho had fought to secure justice and freedom both at home and abroad. No one had done more to increase the prestige of British journalism throughout the world. He was an international figure. What had probably inspired the greatest admiration was bis absolute fearlessness. More than once Dr. Scott had literally taken his professional life in his hands by espousing a manifestly unpopular cause.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 114, 10 April 1930, Page 7
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127NOTED JOURNALIST. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 114, 10 April 1930, Page 7
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