made to Palmetto Road.

Police have "coned off'' the road between Deepdale Road and Glebe Road between 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. and between 4.30 p.m. and 6 p.m., to ease the flow of traffic on the route.

A Police spokesman said: "As a result of the road closure on Palmetto Road, an increased number of motorists are travelling along Frog Lane and using Parsons Road in order to get into and out of the city.

"We appreciate the need for this course but Parsons Road is narrow and parking along certain sections of it causes unnecessary obstruction to traffic.'' MUSEUM SEEKS SLAVERY ARTIFACTS MUS Museum seeks slavery artifacts The Bermuda Maritime Museum will be holding a ground breaking slavery exhibit later this year to showcase the role of slavery in Bermuda.

This unprecedented exhibit detailing the Island's slave past is due to open at the newly restored Commissioner's House in Dockyard.

The Museum is seeking the public's help in gathering items, images and information for the special showcase which will present three centuries of slave history.

"As the first exhibit of its kind in Bermuda, the Slavery Exhibit will endeavour to tell the story of local slavery and we feel the community may have much to share about the legacy of slavery here in Bermuda,'' says Museum Curator Charlotte Andrews.

"The Museum hopes that individuals and families will consider sharing, loaning or donating items possibly used by slaves or slaveholders, as well as things which help draw a picture of slave times from the 1600s until slavery was abolished in Bermuda in 1834,'' she said.

Old domestic items like clothes, oil lamps, hand-made quilts, washboards, sewing machines, jam jars, milk bottles, picnic baskets, and writing slates are some of the items the Museum hopes to showcase to give visitors to the exhibit a picture of daily life, especially that of female slaves.

Construction and agricultural tools as well as shipbuilding or fishing equipment are also needed. Medical instruments, ceramics, textiles and art made in Bermuda, the West Indies or Africa during this period would be appropriate for the exhibit.

Oral histories and family stories about slavery and its aftermath are also sought for the project.

THIEF MAKES OFF WITH TRASH BAGS CRM Thief makes off with trash bags Detectives are investigating a spate of thefts which occurred across the Island since the weekend.

In the most bizarre incident, crooks stole 1,200 garbage bags from industrial cleaning suppliers, Speciality Products, in Well Bottom, Southampton.

Detectives say a "substantial'' amount of cash was stolen from the Four Seasons furniture shop in Victoria Street, Hamilton. Although the theft was reported on Monday, Police said it could have occurred at any point over the weekend.

In Barry Road, St. George's, thieves stole an RCA video machine and videotapes during a break-in overnight on Sunday.

A black Suzuki Vitara stolen from a house in Radnor Estate Road, Hamilton Parish, was found abandoned near Somersall Road, Smith's parish, on Monday morning.

A resident in Harrington Sound Road, Smith's Parish, reported on Monday afternoon that thieves had stolen landscaping equipment, electronic equipment and two palm trees.