in public, told Magistrates' Court he had good reason for committing the offences.

Ticoe Williams, 20, was confronted by Police on the morning of December 20.

Narcotics officers searching a car for drugs on King Street in Pembroke had refused to let him pass in front of them to get to his house, he said.

Prosecutor Sgt. Peter Giles said Williams was warned not to interfere with the officers, but ignored them and pushed and swore at them.

Williams told the court he was forced to take the long route -- "round the corner, up the hill and round another corner'' to get to his house.

He denied he had pushed the officers, saying he only swore at them in anger at not being allowed to pass through.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis handed down a "minimal fine'' of $75 for obstructing Police. And he gave him a conditional six-month discharge for swearing.

STUDENT'S ERROR PROVE COSTLY CTS Student's error prove costly A college student learned in court that while her driver's licence allowed her to drive cars, light trucks and auxiliary cycles, it did not allow her to drive a motorcycle.

"You are like a number of people who think that because they are able to drive a car they can ride a motorcycle,'' Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis told Lean Lathan.

"But just because you know how to drive a car does not mean you can handle a motorcycle -- you have to take a different test.'' Lathan, 20, of Pembroke, claimed the TCD clerk had told her that her driver's licence covered all vehicles. "I was not aware I couldn't drive a motorcycle,'' she said.

Lathan pleaded guilty to having no driver's licence, no third party insurance and no vehicle licence after Police stopped her in December. Mr. Francis fined her $100 for no driver's licence, $300 for no insurance, and $500 for no vehicle licence.

THAT'S THE SPIRIT! CLB That's the spirit! Customers donated an estimated $20,000 worth of food to the fourth "Share The Christmas Spirit'' project.

The project was organised by the Lion and Lioness Clubs of Bermuda and the MarketPlace supermarkets in the six weeks leading up to Christmas.

A spokesman for the organisers said: "The objective was to encourage customers to donate canned and non-perishable food items for the needy families of Bermuda.

"The food was deposited in special drop-in bins in each of the seven supermarkets.'' Members of the Lions and Lioness clubs collected the items and made up a total of 300 hampers.

Names and addresses of recipients were supplied by Government's Social Services Department.

TAX WARNING TAX Tax warning Bermuda's Tax Commissioner has issued a reminder that January 15 is the deadline for Hospital Levy and Employment Tax for 1992 and Hotel Occupancy Tax for the last quarter of 1992.

Local employers and self-employed workers are warned that late payment will incur a penalty.

Payments should be made to the cashiers on the ground floor of the Government Administration Building on Parliament Street in Hamilton.

Postal payments, to the Tax Commissioner's Office, PO Box HM 1374, Hamilton, HMFX, must be received by January 15.

All employers and self-employed persons must register for taxes with the Tax Commissioner.

GLORITA GRAHAM OBT Glorita Graham News has been received of the death of Mrs. Glorita Graham, wife of Mr. David Henry Graham, a former partner of the law firm Conyers, Dill and Pearman.

Mrs. Graham died in Switzerland on January 5.

She is survived by her husband, and three children, Susan Phillips, Earl Randall and Delight Goodfellow.