A Bermudian leader in the war against drugs is set to speak at an international conference designed to share ways to beat the worldwide problem of abuse. National Drug Commission chief executive Derrick Binns has been invited to speak at the Americas-Asia conference in Peru. ---- Page 2 BOOKS `REAL MESS' -- AUDITOR CTS Books `real mess' -- auditor An auditor for Davison's of Bermuda has admitted that the company's books were "a real mess''. James Cornes was testifying during the trial of Canadian accountant Colin Cave who is accused of stealing more than $54,000 from the company between July and December, 1995. ---- Page 3 US FIRM TO REPLACE TRACK GVT US firm to replace track The track surface at the Bermuda National Centre is set to be replaced during July and August to the tune of some $650,000. And Baltimore, Maryland firm Martin Surfacing Inc. has been selected from the three companies which bid to do the work. ---- Page 6 SIMMONS CALLED TO THE BAR LEG Simmons called to the Bar Bermuda's legal profession welcomed its latest member to the Bar in a ceremony attended by Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith. Everard Barclay Simmons, 25, was described as "politically motivated'' by legal colleagues when he was sworn in. ---- Page 6 CAT BOND MARKET SET TO BOOM BUC CAT bond market set to boom Catastrophe bonds will explode into a multi-billion market by the turn of the century and Bermuda-based Centre Solutions (formerly known as Centre Re) is one of four players at the leading edge of this boom, according to credit rating company Duff & Phelps. ---- Business, Page 9 WOULD-BE CHEAT DISCOVERED MAR Would-be cheat discovered A charity runner unwittingly sparked an emergency investigation by Marathon Derby officials after a spectator fingered him as a cheat. Antoine Kent was spotted joining Monday's race at the north roundabout near Crow Lane by an eagle-eyed off-duty policeman who saw him disappear among spectators and then emerge taking the plaudits of the crowd along his "shortened route''. ---- Sport, Page 21