appeared to be drugs in an inmate's birthday card.

Police attended the correctional facility at 4.30 p.m. and heard that guards there found two silver foil wraps containing a powdered material and a paper twist containing plant material in a birthday card given to an inmate by a visiting woman.

The Police later questioned two women in connection with the incident and found one of them had a crack pipe in her possession. They were both detained for further questioning.

POLICE ARREST MAN OVER STRING OF BREAK-INS CRM Police arrest man over string of break-ins Police arrested a man in connection with a rash of break-ins which occurred over the past weekend.

A spokesman reported that at 3.30 a.m. officers attended a Serpentine Road, Pembroke residence and chased the suspect on foot before apprehending him.

He was taken to Hamilton Police Station and found to have housebreaking implements and a large sum of cash on his person.

CAR PARK DISTURBANCE RESULTS IN ARREST CRM Car park disturbance results in arrest A 20-year-old St. George's man was arrested on Monday night after Police officers responded to a report of a disturbance at the City Hall car park.

Officers arrived at the scene at 9.30 p.m. and found a man bleeding from a head injury and yelling at another man.

When they tried to separate the two men, the 20-year-old man repeatedly pushed the officers away. He was cautioned and arrested for assault on the officers.

He became increasingly violent at the Hamilton Police Station when officers tried to take him to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment.

KINGSBURY TO RETIRE ED Kingsbury to retire as school principal Bermuda High School for Girls are looking to recruit a new principal.

Current headmistress Eleanor Kingsbury revealed that she had always planned to retire after her stint here on the Island.

"I came here for five years. I have a five-year work permit and had planned to retire at 62,'' Mrs. Kingsbury said, "and I will be that in December.'' "I will be retiring altogether after over 40 years in teaching,'' she added.

Mrs. Kingsbury will step down at the end of the school year in June.

BPSA EMERGENCY MEETINGS ON PAY UNS BPSA emergency meeting on pay The Bermuda Public Services Association are holding an emergency meeting for all members today to inform them of progress on pay talks with Government.

But BPSA general secretary Ed Ball was remaining tight-lipped about negotiations so far.

And he would not say whether his union wanted an improvement on the 2.98 percent award which they won for 1,200 Government workers last October.

BOA CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR TAG DAY FNR CLB BOA calls for public support for tag day A local sporting organisation will hold a fund raising effort tomorrow in a bid to defray expenses from its latest venture.

The Bermuda Olympic Association's annual tag day will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hamilton and the general public is called upon to support its efforts.

Participating will be the national governing bodies for sports affiliated with the BOA.

Funds raised will go toward the costs generated by the Bermuda team's recent trip to the Pan American Games in Winnipeg -- the most successful festival in Bermuda's history, said BOA president Austin Woods.

The next major event on the organisation's timetable is the Olympic Games which is set for September in Sydney, Australia.

The organisation will also be bidding to develop young athletes with two young people set to be selected from the BOA's affiliates for an all expenses paid trip to a youth camp which will be held during the summer games.