14 NOVEMBER 1931, Page 3

Lord Mayor's Show The new Lord Mayor of London, Sir

Maurice Jenks, deserves to be congratulated on the originality and attractiveness of the procession which escorted him to the Law Courts on Monday. Modern industry and science were well represented on cars illustrating the wireless industry, the cinema, the rise and development of the cycle and motor-car, and the wonders of gas and electricity. Some very practical people have made their annual complaint against the Show as a disturber of traffic. But the interruption of the City's routine for an hour or two is not a serious matter as compared with the pleasure that the Show affords to tens of thousands of Londoners and their children. At the same time there is something to be said for always holding the Show (like the Boat Race) on a Saturday, when more people could see it and the disturbance to business would be less. * *