CIVIC PARTY COMEDY

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1932, Page 4

CIVIC PARTY COMEDY

LORD MAYOR AND SHERIFF. TAXED WITH A MURDER. Motoring to Brighton on an interchange of municipal visits, the Lord Mayor of Bristol and the Sheriff of the city were involved in an incident WhjCh had its amusing side. They ' were actually taxed, owing to a misunderstanding, with having caused the death of & man who lay unconscious in the road. The civic motor-car was crossing Salisbury Plain, between Stonehenge and Amesbury, when a motorist stood in the road waving his arms. The party stopped, and it was found that the other car was on fire. The Lord Mayor, the Sheriff, and their chauffeur rendered assistance in quelling the flames, and while they were doing so the owner of the car collapsed by the roadside. Another car came on the scene, and the driver suggested that the Lord Mayor and Sheriff were responsible for having killed the man who was lying prostrate. The man recovered and made’ an explanation, which absolved Bristol’s leading citizens from a serious accusation. The Lord Mayor is Mr. J. M. Inskip, a brother of the Attorney-General and the Bishop of Barking, and he was accompanied by his wife. The Sheriff, Mr. Stanley Gange, and his wife were the other occupants of the car.