Mr. H. A. Scott Arrives to Take Over Post Coming here from South, America by way of Canada, where he has Posen on a holiday, Mr. H. A. Scott, new Trade Commissioner for Canada, arrived in Shanghai in the s. Empress of Japan on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
was accompanied by his wife.
ur. Scott replaces Colonel LIN. Coserave, who last November Jeti Shanghai to take a similar post in Melbourne, Since Colonel Cosgrave's @eparture, Mr, Bruce MacDonald has been the Acting Commissioner, Before his appointment to the Shanghai post, Mr. Scott was Trade Commissioner for the Canadian Gov-
Jernment in Buenos, Aires, a position that he held for two and a half years, Prior to that he was a mom-ber of the stof? of representatives of Canada at the Imperial Economic Conference held at Ottawa in 1931, Economic Specialist After service in the war and after graduating from Queen's University, Where he specialized in economics, Mr. Scott entered the Canadian Civil Service, and was attached to the Federal Department of Agriculture, He was later transferred to. the Department of Trade and Commerce He became Trade Commissioner att Liverpool, later returning to the Imperial "Economic Conference, and then going to Buenos Aires.
It is felt, not only in local circles but in Canada, that Mr, Scott will do much to forward the economte relations between Canada and China, Ho is one of the outstanding econom-Ists of Canada, 'A number of dinners, tiftns, and receptions have been planned for him and Mrs, Scott to give him an opportunity of meeting many of the business men In Shanghai,
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