Wednesday are still looking for witnesses.

In particular, they want a man to come forward who entered the restaurant with a child near the time of the robbery.

The man, believed to be from St. David's, entered the restaurant with a boy about two-years-old, Police said yesterday. He purchased two sandwiches and then left at about 10.35 p.m.

He placed the infant in a child seat on the back of his bike, then rode out of the carpark.

The man, or any other witnesses, are asked to call Police at 295-0011, or the Police Code-a-Phone at 295-1140.

Two masked men -- one armed with a gun and one with a machete -- attempted to rob the restaurant shortly after 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday.

But the proprietor stared the men down and they were unable to open the cash register. They fled on a bike parked outside.

C & W SHIP TO MAKE COURTESY CALL SHI The Cable & Wireless ship Mercury will berth in Hamilton today for a five-day courtesy call to the city.

The Hamilton-registered ship, which acts as the western guardship for the transatlantic fibre-optic system linking Bermuda to the United States and Britain, has been at sea for a five-day exercise.

She is scheduled to return to her regular Dockyard berth on Monday, November 29.

NO DECISION ON US CONSUL GENERAL VIP US President Bill Clinton does not appear to be close to appointing a Consul General for Bermuda.

Washington sources say there is no indication of any decision on the posting.

A White House spokesman said simply that the Consul General's appointment "has not been done yet.'' Yesterday, acting consul Mr. Stephen Kish said he expected an appointment would be made soon.

"That's the impression I've got from talking to people in Washington,'' he said.

But a Washington source, who spoke on condition of anonymity and who questioned officials on Thursday, said the Administration has "absolutely no idea who to appoint.'' The source said the president was "backed up'' on diplomatic appointments but nowhere near what he was five to six months ago when key postings remained unfilled.

LONGBIRD BRIDGE BEING REPAIRED TRA Motorists are asked to be patient while the Longbird Bridge is repaired after an accident on Thursday.

The top of a Shell tanker was in collision with the eastern end of the swing bridge at about 3.30 p.m., causing a barrier to break in half, Police said.

A problem with the closing mechanism resulted. Engineers working beneath the bridge have had to test it repeatedly.

"It appears that motorists are becoming irate at the `apparent' unnecessary operation of the bridge and the resultant delays, but this is of course for a good reason,'' Police said in a news release.

"We would ask motorists to exercise patience and obey the traffic lights which are there for protection. It is not known how long the repair will take.'' DISQUALIFIED FOR REFUSING BREATH TEST CTS A Southampton man who drove his car while impaired and then refused to provide Police with a breath sample was fined $400 and disqualified from driving all vehicles for 12 months.

Dexter Ranton Smith 49, of Middle Road, was seen driving a car along Somerset Road in Sandys. He almost struck a Police car driving in the opposite direction.

Police followed him and watched him swerve over the middle line several times.

They stopped him but when the officer approached the car he drove off. He was stopped again at Somerset Bridge and was seen to be unsteady on his feet and smelled strongly of alcohol.

At the Police station he refused to give a breath sample when asked to. Acting Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis fined Smith $400 and disqualified him from all vehicles for 12 months.

PART OF NORTH SHORE ROAD CLOSED TFC North Shore Road in Devonshire will be closed between Barkers Hill and the entrance to the Tynes Bay incinerator from Monday, November 29 until Saturday, December 18.

Works and Engineering said access for residents and site vehicles would be via the Dock Hill Road end.

The closure was necessary for the laying of cables and pipes under North Shore Road, said a Ministry spokesman who apologised for the closure.

COMPENSATION CLAIM TURNED DOWN COA The Bermuda Court of Appeal this week rejected Gary Anthony Trott's appeal to overturn the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board decision not to hear his claim.

Trott, represented by lawyer Mr. Michael Scott, was injured on July 25, 1989.

But it was not for another three years -- in May, 1992 -- that Trott applied to the Board for an extension for his compensation application.

Bermuda law requires applications be filed within a year of criminal injury.

Trott's notice was not filed for nearly 22 months after the one-year period.

Mr. Scott said the Board failed to give adequate weight to the fact that Trott's lawyer, Mr. Frederick Wade, had been ill.

"I am not critical of the board's task,'' he said, "but I want to make sure the board considered counsel's illness.'' The Court noted that Mr. Wade had been ill from June, 1990 to February 1991 and from April, 1991 to February, 1992.

The Hon. Mr. Justice DaCosta said Mr. Wade's illness was not an adequate explanation for the handling of Trott's case.

"You have to show something that shows the Board should not have acted as it did,'' he said.

The Court did not require the Crown to give arguments before rejecting the appeal.

MAN FINED $1,000 FOR STEALING CTS A 26-year-old Glebe Road man who admitted stealing $850 and used the money to buy cocaine and alcohol, was fined $1,000 yesterday in Magistrates' Court.

Kevin Donald Bean who is employed as a construction worker admitted taking the money from a gas station cash register. He originally came to the station to fix his cycle.

Both employees at the station became busy serving customers and went outside, leaving the register unattended. Bean then went into the store and took the money along with a Bank of Bermuda cheque for $30.

One of the attendant's discovered the money was missing and reported it to Police, who arrested him.

Duty Council Mr. Rod Attride-Stirling told the court that this behaviour was totally out of character for Bean who had a clean record but was suffering from a period of stress.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis ordered Bean to pay back the money he took and fined him $1,000.