Editing Hal Colebatch (section)

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In 1933, Colebatch issued an [[invitation to tender]] for the construction of a new generator at [[East Perth Power Station]]. He was frustrated when he was forced to accept a British tender rather than a German tender which was £40,000 cheaper because the German tender was subject to import duties worth more than £40,000. He also arranged the purchase of the [[MV Koolama (1937)|MV ''Koolama'']] and new railcars and trolleybuses.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=178}} After Australia increased duties on imported glassware, the Belgian Government retaliated by blocking imports on Australian goods, which affected the apple and meat industry in Western Australia.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=179}} Colebatch was able to convince the Minister for Commerce, [[Earle Page]], to negotiate with Belgium to reopen trade.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=180}} Colebatch also proposed an Australian Trade Council which was to consist of the agents-general and the [[Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom|high commissioner to the United Kingdom]]. This was accepted by the premiers in 1934 but did not eventuate as High Commissioner Stanley Bruce did not want to do so.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=180}}

Colebatch became a [[liveryman]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers]] in December 1935 and a liveryman of the [[Worshipful Company of Fishmongers]] some time later. He also became a [[Freedom of the City of London|freeman of the City of London]].{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=183, 219}} He represented Australia at the [[funeral of King George V]] and the [[coronation of King George VI]]. He was a member of the Council of the [[Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor]].{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=184}} When Collier decided he wanted Mitchell to be the next [[Governor of Western Australia|lieutenant governor of Western Australia]],{{efn|The position of lieutenant governor was used instead of governor from 1931 to 1948 as a cost-saving measure as lieutenant governors get paid less.{{cn|date=January 2023}}}} Colebatch negotiated with the [[Dominions Office]] for Mitchell to be appointed. Up until that point, all governors had been British-born and the British Government wanted to ensure that the appointment of Mitchell did not rule out appointing British governors in the future.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=188}}

In 1936, Colebatch was reappointed Agent-General.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=193}} He went on a tour of Scandinavia at the beginning of 1936, having received invitations from the Anglo-Swedish and Anglo-Danish societies to give a series of lectures on Australian products. He accepted the invitations on the condition that he was not paid for his lectures.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=194}} After that, he went to Germany with [[Albert Edward Heath]], the agent-general for New South Wales, and [[Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale]].{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=196}} The official reason for visiting Germany was to go to the [[Leipzig Trade Fair]], but he also met with several anti-fascist Germans who sought to open Germany to trade with the outside world,{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=196}} as well as several Nazi political figures such as [[Hjalmar Schacht]]{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=197, 202}} and [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]].{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=203}} He later went on a lecture tour of England and Scotland for the [[Royal Over-Seas League|Overseas League]], where he urged for Britain to adopt conscription. When the [[Perth Trades Hall]] heard about this, it urged the state government to sack Colebatch.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=206}}

In mid-1937, Colebatch returned to Germany with Heath and G. H. Morrison, an Australian journalist living in Germany, to attend the [[International Chamber of Commerce]] in [[Berlin]].{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=208}} Colebatch described the event as propaganda designed to impress the delegates.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=210}} He was also given a tour of a labour camp and a concentration camp, possibly [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp|Sachsenhausen]]. Colebatch described the camp as "specially selected for display to visitors".{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=212}} In February 1939, he gave the centenary address to the [[Cobden Club]].{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=216}} Albeit keen to continue as agent-general, when Colebatch's term was up in 1939, a former Labor minister, [[Frank Troy]], was appointed in his place.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=216}} Colebatch then returned to Perth.{{sfn|Colebatch|2004|p=220}}