move St. George's Police headquarters a few hundred metres east on York Street to the former home of the Youth Centre, Mayor Henry Hayward told The Royal Gazette .

The proposal initially came out of the old-town's heritage plan, and was put to the Police Commissioner who gave it his blessing, said Mr. Hayward.

The present Police station has had to cope with problems of parking and sits prominently in the centre of town. The move -- which would put the new station next door to Evangaline's Cafe -- would offer better parking facilities and about twice as much space, said the Mayor.

The building in question served as the home of the St. George's Youth Centre up until a year and a half ago. Before then it housed the old St. George's East End School.

The move however may be a long time coming: "It's not a priority,'' said Mr.

Hayward. "Basically it will boil down to a question of finance and I wouldn't anticipate it this year.

"The Police have a lot on their plate and require money for lots of different projects. We're going to have to stand in line and wait like everyone else.'' The move, should it go ahead said Mr. Hayward, would change the whole complexion of the town core. Heritage planners envisage using the station on the corner of York and Queen Streets as a heritage information centre, offering visitors information not only on St. George's history but on the whole of the Island as well.

NEW GUIDE BOOK ON BERMUDA NJ New guide book on Bermuda Bermuda's charms will soon be featured on American bookshelves as well as an Internet site attracting one million visitors a month.

The Royal Gazette , in partnership with a prestigious US publishing group, is putting together a new guide book on the Island.

It should be ready by the end of the year when it will distributed in US stores and entered in the group's World Wide Web.

The newspaper has teamed up with Insiders' Guides Inc., which has published in-depth guides on American cities, to produce The Insiders' Guide to Bermuda.

Keith Jensen, general manager of The Royal Gazette Ltd. said: "Insiders' Guides has worked with other newspapers in various areas to produce guides.

"The book is directed at people who want to come to Bermuda, so it is good for tourism. The guide book will cover everything a person wants to know.

"The guide tends to be quite detailed. The writers need to know about Bermuda.'' Freelance writers are being asked to apply to write the book which will be put together and written in Bermuda, but printed in the US by Insiders' Guides Inc.

Mr. Jensen added: "It is not a project that would be done by local printers.

"It will take quite some time to get the material together and publication will probably be the latter part of 1997.

"The information in the book will also go on the web sites run by Insiders' Inc. which attract about one million visitors a month.'' People who want to apply for the writing jobs should write to: The Royal Gazette Ltd., PO Box HM 1025, Hamilton HMDX, attention Insiders Guide, and enclose resume and non-returnable writing samples.