A GREAT JOURNALIST
EDITOR OF “MANCHESTER GUARDIAN”
FREEDOM OF CITY CONFERRED (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Bth April. A great journalist was honoured today, when Mr C. P. Scott, who. recently retired from, the editorship of the “Manchester Guardian” after 57 year’s service, received the freedom of the city of Manchester. The Lord Mayor of Manchester, who presided, said Mr Scott had regarded his position as a public, trust. He had fought to secure justice and freedom both at homo and abroad. No one had clone more to increase the prestige of British journalism throughout the world. He was an international figure. What probably inspired greatest admiration was hjs absolute fearlessness. More than once Mr Scotthad literally taken his professional lifo in his hands by espousing a manifestly unpopular cause.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 April 1930, Page 5
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129A GREAT JOURNALIST Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 April 1930, Page 5
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