A "cleansweep'' of rubbish hotspots has reaped less trash than the same event last year.

Keep Bermuda Beautiful's Coastal and Marine Clean-up Day saw 250 volunteers collect 26,200 pounds of rubbish during the one-day land and sea blitz.

In 1997, 28,000 ponds of trash were collected -- making Bermuda the 12th highest country out of 91 nations taking part in terms of volume of waste found -- but with 400 helpers.

This year 26 dive and coastal sites were targeted, with Premier Pamela Gordon and Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith helping the effort, as part of a global bid to trace litter to its source.

The results showed glass bottles as the most common item found, making up 51 percent of the total. Glass pieces were the next highest item, followed by cigarette butts, plastics, bottle caps and metal cans.

Also in the haul were two dead lizards in bottles, a shotgun shell, telegraph pole, a suitcase of pornographic material and ladies underwear, cycles, motorcycles, cutlery and batteries.

The data will be sent to the Centre for Marine Conservation in Washington D.C.

as part of a worldwide analysis of marine rubbish and its origin.

BRAWL BREAKS OUT CRM Brawl breaks out Police are looking for two men who were involved in a brawl outside a St.

George's cafe on York Street which left one man in hospital.

Shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday night two couples were at the outdoor cafe when an argument began with a man whom they knew. The man later returned to the scene with a group of friends allegedly armed with sticks and metal pipes.

A physical altercation between a 25-year-old woman and an alleged attacker escalated into an all-out brawl in which the woman's 23-year-old husband was beaten about his head and body.

The brawl continued until Police arrived and the injured man was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for his injuries, which included stitches to close a head wound.

PENCILS NEEDED FNR Pencils needed A charity is making a public appeal for unusual donations for a country torn apart by war -- shoe boxes of school supplies.

"A pencil in Bosnia for a child is made to last for a year,'' explained Lucy Willitts of the Mejudgorje Peace Plan Group.

Ms Willitts said the charity has already accepted donations of warm clothing and blankets, and is now looking toward Christmas.

People are being asked to prepare a "shoe box for a child'' filled with items of school supplies such as pencils, crayons, erasers or exercise books.

"It can't even begin to enter our minds -- to be given a pencil and have to make it last for a year,'' Ms Willitts continued.

Ms Willitts said the group has already sent more than ten container loads of donated clothing, shoes and food to the different ethnic groups in Bosnia.

Any persons interested in making contributions should contact Ms Willitts at 292-6185.

RUBBER DINGHY STOLEN CRM Rubber dinghy stolen A Harbour Road, Paget resident has reported to Police the theft of a grey rubber dinghy from her residential dock overnight Sunday.

The dinghy, registration number 0442, has a 6 horsepower outboard engine.

In a separate incident, a Ricardo silver watch was stolen from a Warwick worksite on Monday morning.

The watch had been taken off and laid aside on a workbench around 9 p.m. and when the owner returned an hour later it was missing.

BEES WORRY RESIDENTS INS Bees worry residents Beekeeper Randolph Furbert was called in by Police to attend to a hive near a roadway near Lukes Pond Road, Southampton yesterday afternoon.

Residents were concerned that the swarm could have posed a potential hazard to passing motorists and pedestrians.

The hive was found on a grass verge just off the road and disposed of shortly before 2 p.m.