Police reported yesterday.

The burglars entered a home on St. John's Road while the residents were out on Tuesday evening, and made off with about $3,000 in mixed currency.

In a separate incident, intruders forced their way into a bathroom window at Elliot School on Tuesday morning. Some minor damage was done but nothing was reported stolen.

BIO STATION HOLDS AN OPEN HOUSE SCI Bio station holds an open house The Bermuda Biological Station for Research is holding an open house this Saturday.

The theme for the sixth annual Marine Science Day is "Protecting Bermuda's Future: How BBSR's scientific research is helping Bermuda's environment.'' "It's a chance for visitors and Bermudians alike to see what the Biological Station does,'' said the station spokeswoman Ms Judith Wadson.

There will be lectures, displays and demonstrations, tours of the BBSR's research ship Weatherbird and a guest speaker from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Children's activities include face painting, origami, a coral reef mural and story time.

The Bermuda Junior Service League is selling food to raise money for the education of a Bermudian in marine science.

The event begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m.

HAMILTON SHOP HIT BY BURGLARS CRM Hamilton shop hit by burglars Police are investigating a break-in at a Queen Street shop in which burglars escaped with more than $900 overnight on Monday.

A Police spokesman said yesterday that staff opening for business on Tuesday morning discovered about $900 missing from the cash register and from a bank bag.

In a separate incident, two gold rings were stolen from the bedroom of a South Shore Road, Warwick home.

Some time during the day on Tuesday, a thief climbed the balcony of the house, reached in through a window and stole the rings off the dresser.

MAN FINED $1,000 FOR BIKE OFFENCES CTS Man fined $1,000 for bike offences A 17-year-old Pembroke man was fined a total of $1,000 and disqualified from driving for two years in Magistrates' Court yesterday for four traffic offences.

Paul M. Smith of Middleton Lane admitted driving while disqualified, making false statements, driving, without third party insurance, and having an unlicensed motor vehicle.

Prosecutor Insp. Peter Duffy said that on July 3 Police on patrol on North Street saw Smith and stopped him for questioning.

"Smith gave the Officers a false statement,'' he said. "When officers checked his name, they realised it was incorrect. They also realised that Smith had no third party insurance.

"Smith then informed the officers that the license plate on the bike was not correct. He told them that the first plate had expired and he had replaced it with the other one.'' Insp. Duffy said Smith also admitted that he was riding without a licence, having been disqualified until April 27, 1995.

Smith was then taken to Hamilton Police Station, Insp. Duffy said, and the cycle was tested. Police found the cycle had been altered, and its power increased so it no longer fit in the auxiliary cycle class.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis fined Smith $300 for driving while disqualified, $300 for giving false statements, $300 for not having third party insurance and $100 for an unlicensed motor vehicle.