More Power to Him "More power to him" will be the wish of his many Shanghai friends on the news of the appointment of Mr. ILI. A. Scott, who was formerly Canadian Trade Commissioner in. this port, {0 the secretaryship of the Advisory Board of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, This appointment carries with it a number of Erave responsibilities, and those who knew Mr. Seolt during his all too short stay In Shanghi will be agreed that he is fully capable of shouldering them. The supervisory. board has been established in Canada for the general prevision of the Joint Empire Air Training Plan, According to an announcement made by the 'Canadian Prime. Minister, the board is chiefly responsible for the financial administra~ tion of the plan, but part of its duties will be he inspection of the organization setup {to carry' out the plan and the estimate of the progress being made. Mir. Scott is doubly mitted {to carry out such a task, since his caveer in the Department of Trade and Commerce of the Canadian Government, which includes appoint ments in Liverpool and Buenos Aires, in addition to Shanghai, should enable him to super vise the financial side: while his service during the Great War with the Royal Naval Air Ser~ vice should give him expert background for Inspection of the actual work being carried out under the plan. During the 1937 troubles Shanghai, Mr. Scott, since there was no trade in. the port for the first few weeks of the fighting around the city, devoted a lot of energy to assisting in the defence of the foreign areas, and more than once made venturesome {rips into territory open to. bombardment or Bombing at any moment. Before this new ape ointment he had been in London for a year, bu special duty as a. trade commissioner, No doubt, while in the Empire's metropolis he wax able to bring his air knowledge wp to date, Becoming acquainted with the latest deveiop~ ments in taining technique, This technique is, changing rapidly, as war experience tenches the Snstruetors.
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