Mr. G. Burton Sayer has been appointed Publicity Oficer to the Shanghai Municipal Council. first came out to China in 1903 when Dr. Douglas Story, the Editor selected him in London at the request of the proprietors of the "South China Morning Post" in order that that paper: might be started in the Coton; Mr, Burton Sayer did the work 4 quired of him and the history of the "South China Morning Post" is well known. "On his way home he stopped at Shanghai. He fell in with Mr, Robert Liitle, the then editor of the "North-China Daily' News," who persuaded him to remain'on the staff of this Journal. Thus Mr, Burton Sayer served under three editors of the "North-
China Daily News," Mr. Robert Little, Dr. Montagu Bell, and Mr. 0. M: Green, and in 1911 he left the "North-China Daily News" and ted yet another newspaper in the weekly journal "Finance and Commerce," which still has a vigorous existence, After a year as editor of this paper, Mr. Barton Sayer went home to London, where he became editor of the "China Express & Telegraph." He was not able to resist the temptation in a request from 'Mr. Nottingham that he should return to Shanghai to start the "Shanghai Sunday Times." Mr. Sayer thus came East again end in couple of years' time he took over: the editorship of the daily newspaper as well, For ten years, therefore, he has been the editor of the "Shanghai Times" which he is now leaving to take up this important post under the Municipali-
Mr, Burton Sayer's success °|his profession has been secured by sound training in British news~ Papers of good repute. He began his journalistic career on the "Gloucester Citizen," a provi newspaper which has now been absorbed by. the Northeliffé Press, but which with journalists, hag.' for Tong an honoured: reputation for maintaining the best standards of their craft. After, leaving the "Gloucester Citizen," Mr. Burton Sayer went to an even detter-known provincial paper, the "Bir-bingham Post," which still keeps its flag flying in spite of the ever-encroaching activities of the stunt ress and is one of the Big, pro: Vineial newspapers in. England, was from the "Birmingham Pos that Mr, Sayer went to Fleet Street, made the acquaintance of Dr. Douglas Story, and consequently' paved the way' for his translation to China, His old colleagues on the staff of this paper will welcome his selection and wish him every success in his new appointment.
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