Possible Clues:

• Strongly advise one not to lose heart — it's most important
• Pressing a fellow from an old city
• High priority
• The way to be pressing the chap from the old city?
• Old city chap requiring immediate attention
• Pressing the old city man
• Pressing the chap from the old city?
• Earnest old city chap
• Get run over, it becomes high-priority
• Universal right to hold onto information that's critical