against gale force winds to restore power to several areas. Neighbourhoods from Sandys Parish to Devonshire reported losing their electricity. ---- Page 2 DILL ARMED HIMSELF WITH KNIFE MUR Dill armed himself with knife Gregory Dill admitted yesterday that he "consciously'' armed himself with a knife which he used to fatally stab a 33-year-old Warwick man. This was revealed during cross-examination by Attorney General Elliott Mottley. ---- Page 2 NOW ITT'S THE NEW YEAR FOR HALL ED Now it's the New Year for hall Whitney Institute will have its long-awaited assembly hall in the New Year.

Works Minister Leonard Gibbons said the hall -- first promised in 1972 and supposed to be completed by September -- will definitely be finished in January. ---- Page 5 CREDITORS RECEIVE DIVIDEND BUC Creditors receive dividend Liquidators of Dover Insurance Company Ltd. will this week pay creditors a second dividend of 20 cents on the dollar, Charles Kempe said yesterday. ---- Business, Page 13 ATHLETES BID FOR BOA POST OLY ATH Athletes bid for BOA post Three prominent athletes are hoping to move from the playing fields and into the boardroom at the Bermuda Olympic Association's annual meeting tomorrow night. Two sailors and a swimmer are vying for a new BOA post that will be an extra voice for future Olympians. ---- Sport, Page 27 COMBINING CHRISTMAS CULTURES COM Combining Christmas cultures Anthony and Michele Philip are still trying to figure out how to combine his Bermudian style of celebrating Christmas with her Malaysian traditions -- and for the sake of their three-year-old daughter Cordelia they would like to find a way to "come to a happy medium''. ---- Community, Page 39