1995 but they spent less money on accommodation, food and entertainment compared to passengers arriving by cruise ship.

Cruise passengers -- 180,226 for 1996 -- spent $41.5 million but the air arrivals spent $432.2 million a decline of 1.9 percent.

Meanwhile, the level of overseas spending decreased in the final quarter of 1996 with residents declaring purchases worth $9.5 million. Of that $4.4 million was on clothes and shoes and $1.1 on household items. For the year $28.5 million was spent overseas.

In other sectors the construction industry showed growth in the fourth quarter of the year. The total value of work put in place was estimated at $27 million or three times the value of the final quarter in 1995. Sixty percent of that activity was concentrated in the public sector.

JEFFERIS NEMED TO INTERNATIONAL POST APP Jefferis named to international post Former Elbow Beach general manager John Jefferis has been named as one of the regional vice presidents of the International Hotel and Restaurant Association.

He will serve on its 18-member executive board for the next two years. Mr.

Jefferis is currently president of the Caribbean Hotel Association. He is a past president of the Bermuda Hotel Association.

Mr. Jefferis is also chairman of the Palm Reef Development Company which owns and operates the Coco Reef and Spa in Tobago.

COMMISSIONER MOVES OFFICERS AROUND POL Commissioner moves officers around Senior Police officers have been playing musical chairs and switching jobs to gain more experience.

Chf. Insp. Roger Brydon has moved from the Central Division to take over in charge of the Western Division, based at Somerset Police Station.

Chf. Insp. Larry Smith moves from Somerset to the operations room in charge of traffic co-ordination.

Now the finance job has been civilianised, Chf. Insp. Derek Smith has moved from finance to replace Chf. Insp. Brydon at the Central division.

Police Commissioner Colin Coxall is an advocate of moving senior officers to different posts in order to give them all-round experience.

FISHERMAN LANDS WHOPPER OF A FINE CTS Fisherman lands whopper of a fine A 48-year-old Warwick fisherman was hooked with a $400 fine yesterday after he admitted receiving stolen goods.

Magistrates' Court heard that Calvin Johnston admitted purchasing stolen carpentry equipment for $10 to Police officers who raided his Upland Lane home on January 21.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor said the handsaw, jigsaw, drill and chisel set worth over $380 were stolen from self-employed carpenter Curtis Ebbin who left them in a cottage he was working at on January 9.

The cottage was broken into that night and the tools were stolen. As a result of information received the Police went to Johnston's home where they found some of the items.

The rest of the tools were later recovered and returned to Mr. Ebbin.

Sgt. Taylor said Johnston was very co-operative and told Police: "I'm very sorry. It was a bad error in judgment.'' MAN DENIES ASSAULT AND THREATENING CTS Man denies assault and threatening Charles Maxwell Warren yesterday denied threatening and assaulting a man due to appear as a witness in a court case.

The 27-year-old Rambling Lane, Pembroke man pleaded not guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to a total of three charges stemming from a March 10 incident at the Devonshire Recreation Club.

He was charged with using threatening and insulting words, committing unlawful assault and using violence to intimidate Dean Lottimore while in the company of three other people not before the court.

A trial date was set for July 17 by which time the other three people should have received summons said Sgt. Phil Taylor.

Warren -- who is presently in custody on another matter -- was granted bail so he could be released when his present incarceration period terminated.

POLICE INVESTIAGE WARWICK BREAK-IN CTS Police investigate Warwick break-in Police officers are investigating a break-in at Rocklands Estate in Warwick which took place on Wednesday.

A resident returned home and found someone had entered the house and had removed a Sharp video camera, a tripod, a Nintendo game, a bank book and some jewellery.

Information from a member of the public has led to the arrest of a suspect and investigations are continuing.

Officers are also searching for a handbag thief who robbed a 54-year-old Smith's Parish woman while she walked along Store Hill on Wednesday at 2.20 p.m..

The bag contained items which were personal but of little monetary value.

People with information are asked to call St. George's CID at 297-1122.

ROBIN HOOD PUB REPORTS A BREAK-IN CRM EAT Robin Hood pub reports a break-in Robin Hood Pub & Restaurant was among several places recently targetted by thieves.

Police responded to a report of a break-in yesterday morning at the pub on Richmond Road in Pembroke.

Some two hours after the pub had closed someone broke into the pub and tried to force open two cash registers.

Police spokesperson Evelyn James Barnett said nothing appeared to have been taken, but Police were still investigating the incident.

MAZDA BLAZE CAUSES $1,000 DAMAGE FIR Mazda blaze causes $1,000 damage Firefighters rushed to a car fire at Warwick Secondary School on Wednesday.

But when they arrived from the Port Royal Fire Station in Southampton arrived around 11 a.m. they found that the fire had been extinguished.

The fire was believed to have been caused by an electrical fault in the four-door 323 Mazda. Damage was estimated at $1,000.

The Fire Services also received a report of a brush fire which spread out of control in Southampton.

Fire spokesman Lt. Jon Thompson said a pile of horticultural waste was burning at Cross Fire Road, off South Road Southampton when it spread to nearby dry grass.

Five firefighters from the Fire Services' central station put out the fire which engulfed a 30-by-50-square-foot area.

BRIGHT ORANGE FLARES SPOTTED SOUTH RAO POL Bright orange flares spotted south Harbour Radio late Wednesday night dispatched a Police Marine Unit to investigate the sighting of three bright orange lights -- reported to be flares -- along the Island's south shore.

Three members of the public called around 9.30 p.m. to report the orange lights off of Mermaid Beach, which burned brightly then disappeared.

The lights were believed to be too bright for flares and Police and Harbour Radio were continuing to investigate.