this week.

Joseph Paul, 57, pleaded guilty to consuming intoxicating liquor on Front Street earlier this month.

Police on Front Street saw Paul near Number One Shed drinking out of a beer bottle, said Sgt. Rex Osborne, prosecuting.

Paul apologised to Acting Senior Magistrate the Wor. John Judge and the court for wasting their time.

"I'm old enough to know better. It will never happen again,'' said Paul.

As Mr. Judge fined him $75, he added: "If you ever need your car cleaning, just ask.'' WATER DELIVERY GOES WRONG FIR A Warwick family was left in deep water this week.

Firemen were alerted when the family's home in Morgan Road was flooded after a bungle by water delivery men.

"The water was put into the wrong pipe, and backed out,'' a Fire Service spokesman said.

He added carpets were damaged in Wednesday's incident. APPROVAL FOR CENTRE FOR KIDS PLN A St. David's Island couple received permission from the Development Applications Board to operate an after school care facility for 20 children between 4 and 12.

The DAB required that the Chapel of Ease Road facility can only be used between 7 a.m and 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The facility cannot be used on weekends or school hoilidays.

COSTLY GAMBLE CTS A 40-year-old Pembroke man was disqualified from driving all vehicles until January 16, 1994 and fined $350 in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Marvin S. Lawrence of Pembroke was seen driving his motorcycle along North Shore Road. Police ran a check on his licence plate. They found he had been previously disqualified for six months for speeding at 55 kph.

He was followed and arrested.

"I was late for work so I took a gamble and I got caught,''Lawrence told the court.

SHOCK FOR DRIVER FIR A driver had a scare on Thursday when a fire suddenly broke out under the steering wheel of his truck while he was driving on Happy Valley Road near Fort Hamilton.

The man suffered slight burns to his hands as he tried to extinguish the flames.

The dashboard of the Nissan flatbed truck melted and its windshield cracked in the heat, a Fire Service spokesman said.

The cause was narrowed down to "an electrical fault in the vehicle's blower unit''.