their bike collided with a car in Hamilton.

The rider complained of back pains, and the passenger suffered a suspected broken nose. The 48-year-old car driver, a Warwick woman, was unhurt.

The accident occurred at around 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday on Dundonald Street just outside the entrance to the Bermuda Industrial Union gas station.

MATCHES LEAD TO BRUSH FIRE FIR Matches lead to brush fire Children playing with matches are blamed for a brush blaze off Parsons Road, Pembroke.

Eleven firemen and three appliances went to the vacant lot shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

The blaze swept through a 40-foot stretch of bushes and trees, and threatened to spread to a derelict building.

"Fortunately we managed to stop the flames reaching the building,'' a fire service spokesman said.

Steam from a kitchen at Sonesta Beach Hotel set off a smoke detector and had firemen rushing to the scene.

Eleven firefighters went to the hotel at around 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday.

INDECENT ASSAULT CHARGE CTS Indecent assault charge A 37-year-old Southampton man appeared in Magistrates' Court charged with indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 14.

Gordon Matthew, of Middle Road, will be tried for the offence, which occurred in St. George's Parish in 1988, at Supreme Court.

He was released on $1,000 bail on condition that he did not contact the girl.

NEW EXHIBITION ART New exhibition The popular Visual Poetry exhibition is back at the Bermuda National Gallery by popular demand, beginning tomorrow.

Featured works are modern abstract paintings and sculpture from the 20th century borrowed from private collections around the world as well as from collections in Bermuda.

Curator Mr. David Mitchell said: "This show represents a wide variety of painting and art of the 20th Century, and is meant to be a challenge.'' 18-FOOT BOAT PUMPED OUT FIR 18-foot boat pumped out Firemen pumped water from an 18-foot empty pleasure boat to stop it from sinking.

The boat is thought to have become laden with rain water while moored at Ely's Harbour, Sandys.

A fire service spokesman said the alarm was raised by the owner at around 11.50 a.m. on Wednesday. "We used a portable pump to remove the water,'' he added.

The battery had been removed from the boat's own bilge pump, preventing it from working.

OFF THE ROAD CTS Off the road Warwick man Duarte Dacosta has been disqualified from driving until August 3, 1997.

Dacosta pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and making a false statement, and was fined a total of $600 in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Prosecuting, Insp. Peter Duffy said that Dacosta was stopped while driving a motor vehicle on Church Street, Hamilton, on September 15.

Although he gave his name to Police officers as "Ricardo Dasilva'' they found his real name and that he had been disqualified in February 1991 for driving at 87 kph.

TWO-CAR COLLISION AC Two-car collision A motorist was treated for minor injuries at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital following a two-car collision in Khyber Heights Road, Warwick, at around 5.20 p.m. on Wednesday. Nine firemen went to the scene to ensure leaking fuel did not ignite.

ACTIVE THIEVES CRM Active thieves A hungry thief made off with food worth $100 after breaking into St. George's Secondary School tuck shop.

A holidaymaker returned from a swim with her husband at Horseshoe Bay on Wednesday afternoon to find $1,000 stolen from her wallet.