photocopying a vehicle registration form.

Mr. Donald Dane said $8 was a standard fee, and included the cost of labour.

He was answering criticism from a man who tried to clear up a traffic ticket by obtaining a copy of the form from TCD.

"Eight dollars is far too much for a photocopy of a registration form,'' Mr.

Andrew Correia, 30, told The Royal Gazette yesterday.

He added: "I could see if it was a dollar. It took the woman no longer to do it than if I had done it myself.'' Mr. Dane, however, said: "The person who has to make the photocopy has to stop what they are doing and look for the registration form. They then have to copy it and stamp it.

"Part of the payment is for labour.'' `ALABAMA' MISSES EASTERN COUNTIES CTS Drinking a beer in a public place cost a St. George's man $100 yesterday.

Alvin (Alabama) Anderson, 52, of Clarence Street, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to drinking liquor in a public place.

Shortly after 10.15 p.m. on Friday, August 27, Police on patrol near Penno's Wharf in St. George's saw Anderson causing a nuisance, Sgt. Earl Kirby, prosecuting, said.

Police saw Anderson walking toward Penno's Wharf drinking a Heineken beer.

Anderson told them he was keeping the beer for the Eastern Counties game on Saturday.

But in court yesterday, Anderson said he forgot he had the beer.

"I know I had a flask of vodka,'' Anderson told Senior Magistrate the Wor.

Will Francis. "But I did not know about the beer.

"I told the cop to pour the beer out because I don't want to get locked up.'' Noting Anderson had been in custody since Friday and that he pleaded guilty to the charge, Mr. Francis fined him $100.

BROTHERS FINED FOR CANNABIS CTS Customs officers captured two American brothers who used the same method to import drugs.

And one of the pair may get an extended stay on the Island until he can pay a $300 fine after admitting he only had $150 on him.

Chef Christopher Dilauro, 23, and student Eric Dilauro, 26, of Richmond, Virginia, admitted last week in Magistrates' Court that they imported cannabis in their shoes.

The younger man was caught during a search at the Civil Air Terminal with 2.15 grams of the drug. He was also charged with possession of cigarette papers.

Dilauro said he was expecting to leave the Island the next day and only had $150 left.

But Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis said he would have to pay $300 and should try to borrow the money. He said he would try to get money on a credit card.

The older brother was found to have 2.3 grams of cannabis. He was fined $200.

FIREFIGHTERS CALLED TO HELP GIRL FIR Firefighters had to be called when a five-year-old girl got a washer stuck on her finger.

Five personnel arrived in a fire truck at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on Sunday afternoon when medical staff could not get the metal ring off. They later snipped it off using special cutters.