yard,'' Sharonlynn Wilson told The Royal Gazette . ---- Page 3 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE LAUNCHED BUC CLB Membership drive launched The Chamber of Commerce will launch a membership drive as it focuses on three major goals for 1999, including the revitalisation of the tourism. The news came as Chamber executive vice-president Sharon Jacobs unveiled a 12-point plan the Chamber will implement on the eve of the Millennium. ---- Page 5 AKINSTALL TRIAL DELAYED CTS Akinstall trial delayed The trial of a woman charged with fraud was adjourned this week until next year after the defendant claimed she was having difficulty obtaining bank documents which would prove her innocence. ---- Page 6 RACISM SHOTS FIRED SOC Racism shots fired A local football referee and a club president are accusing each other of racism following an incident at Saturday's lone Commercial League game. ---- Sport, Page 17 WOMEN REIGN ON THE SEAS! SLG Women reign on the seas! Paula Lewin and her all-woman crew produced a magnificent day's sailing yesterday to qualify for the Bermuda Gold Cup championship round. ---- Sport, Page 17 CRISIS `WORST SINCE DEPRESSION' BUC Crisis `worst since Depression' The current financial crisis in world markets is the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s, a leading Bermuda businessman has warned. And Sir David Gibbons added that after Bermuda's largest US tourism supplier was hard hit by the recent downturn in markets, it can have a significant effect on Bermuda tourism. ---- Business, Page 23