A GREAT JOURNALIST
MR. C. P. SCOTT HONORED FREEDOM OP MANCHESTER (British Official Wireless.) lice. 10 a.m. RUGBY, April 8. A great journalist was honored to-day when Mr. C. it Scott, who recently retired from the editorship of the Manchester Guardian after 57 years’ 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, lie 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 his absolute- fearlessness. More than once Mr. Scott had literally taken his professional life in his hands by espousing a. manifestly unpopular cause.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 5
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