blocking air to his bedroom window.

He took a blade to the g foliage -- and sparked a tree-mendous flare-up with his neighbour.

Miss Jennifer Lambert snapped as Liburd went chop, and finally rang the Police.

Yesterday Liburd, 20, of Elliott Street, pleaded guilty at Magistrates' Court to wilfully and unlawfully damaging trees.

Magistrate the Wor. John Judge fined him $150 after he admitted the offence.

"You have a right to light under the law, but not air,'' he said.

Mr. Judge directed $100 from the fine be used as compensation to Miss Lambert.

Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said the Elliott Street row blew up on August 8.

Unemployed Liburd had complained about the oleander tree preventing air from coming into his bedroom.

Insp. Duffy said Liburd had continued chopping the tree while Miss Lambert protested.

COLLISION BABY AVOIDS INJURY AC Collision baby avoids injury A 10-month-old tot miraculously escaped serious injury on Monday when she was struck by a car in Hamilton.

A Toyota car driven by a 70-year-old Southampton woman collided with the little girl at approximately 5 p.m. on Laffan Street.

The child, who lives on the street, was conveyed to hospital where she was treated and later released. According to Police, the infant's only injury was a bruise to her right foot.

BURGLARS STEAL $1,700 FROM SAFE CRM Burglars steal $1,700 from safe Thieves grabbed $1,700 from a safe at the Little Venice restaurant, Bermudiana Road, Hamilton.

They also took cash from a cigarette machine, before vainly searching for more money upstairs.

Police say the break-in occurred on Monday.

In a separate incident, a man awoke yesterday to find $800 stolen from the trousers he had hung on the back of a chair at his home in South Road, Devonshire, Police reported yesterday.

BROTHERS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE ROW CRM Brothers arrestd after police row Two Pembroke brothers, aged 21 and 23, were arrested on Monday in Angle Street.

The younger one, who allegedly tried to resist arrest, had been wanted on several warrants.

His brother was arrested for allegedly assaulting one of the Police officers.

WARWICK GROUPS STAGES MEETING CLB Warwick groups stages meeting Warwick residents have been called to a community meeting tomorrow night at Purvis School Auditorium to discuss how to cope with the recession, drug abuse and sexual assaults against children.

The Warwick Community Action Group (WARCAG) has distributed 2,000 fliers for the 7.30 meeting.

Speakers include Community Affairs Officer Mrs. Sue Davis on "Coping with the recession''; Mr. Denton Outerbridge, a recovering drug addict and participant in the National Drug Strategy, on "Life After Drugs''; Mrs. Laquita Zuill, of the Single Parents Association, on "Bermudian Males: present but not accounted for?''; and Ms Shanda Simmons, of the Women's Resource Centre, on "Protecting your children from sexual assaults.'' HOSPITALS PLANS ANNIVERSARY BOOK BKS Hospitals plans anniversary book Old photographs of hospital care in Bermuda are being sought by the Bermuda Hospitals Board for a book celebrating its 100th anniversary in 1994.

The book will trace the history of hospital care from the first cottage hospital in Happy Valley, Pembroke, in 1894 to the present.

The local author, who does not wish to be named yet, has done extensive research but would be happy to accept all the help he can get.

Anyone with information or photographs may contact Mrs. Kim Young at 236-6427.

The book is expected to be completed by autumn 1994.