The Cable & Wireless ship Mercury sets off today to fix a fault in the underwater telephone cable to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
All services were interrupted at 10.18 p.m. on Sunday because of a "single fibre fault'' on the cable, approximately four miles off Bermuda.
A Cable & Wireless spokesman said: "All affected services have been fully restored via satellite. Services carried on the cable to the United States and Canada were unaffected.
"The Cable Ship Mercury , based in Dockyard, has been assigned to effect a repair. "In the meantime we would like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenience.'' WITNESS APPEAL POL Police are continuing their investigations into the motorcycle accident that killed 39-year-old Englishman Mr. Colin Jones.
They would like to speak to a white man they believe was in the vicinity of the Collector's Hill gas station around three p.m. on March 2.
He was standing with a small child by the eastern entrance of Cloverdale Apartments opposite the gas station.
P.c. Walter Jackson would like to speak to this man and any other witnesses.
He can be reached at 295-0011.
FUEL PRICES FALL EGY Fuel wholesale prices are to drop marginally this morning, the Finance Ministry said yesterday.
Gasoline is to be reduced by one cent a litre, diesel by 2.1 cents and kerosene by 3.2 cents.
As a result, the maximum retail prices for the products are as follows: gasoline 109.6 cents a litre, diesel 85.5 cents a litre and kerosene 64.6 cent a litre.
The annual rate of inflation remained at 2.2 percent in January.
A 0.1 percent decline in food prices offset a series if increases in other sectors.
Fuel and power edged up 1.7 percent in response to a 1.9 percent rise in the fuel adjustment clause, while clothing and footwear was up 0.1 percent, Government figures said.
Increasing gasoline prices led to an 0.3 percent increase in the Transport and Vehicles sector. There was no change in the Health and Personal care sector, though food tapered off by 0.1 percent.
AD AGENCY SUED CTS This Week In Bermuda, the weekly tourist guide, is suing one of its largest advertisers.
The magazine has filed a $12,624 writ in Supreme Court against Aardvark Advertising.
Miss Maryellen Goodwin, lawyer for This Week In Bermuda, said the publication is suing for money owed for printing services.
"This Week in Bermuda incurred a debt on behalf of Aardvark Advertising and our claim is for the money we are owed,'' she said.
Aardvark Advertising managing director Mr. Dusty Hind rejected the statement, saying the matter would be decided in court.
BLAZE IN LAUNDRY FIR A weekend fire in a laundry room caused $2,000 damage at Coral Beach and Tennis Club, the Bermuda Fire Service reported on Sunday.
Firefighters were called to the Paget cottage colony shortly before 6 a.m. on Saturday, a spokesman said.
The found a fire in baskets of laundry had caused the damage, he said. The fire was out upon arrival.
No injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation.
Early on Sunday morning, the Fire Service responded to two fires inside garbage dumpsters which they believe were intentionally set.
The first was at Co-op Supermarket on Dundonald Street at about 2 a.m. The second was at Dellwood Primary School on North Street at about 3 a.m.
CANNABIS CHARGE CTS Two Southampton residents pleaded not guilty in Magistrates' Court last week to possessing cannabis intended for supply.
Vincent Belboda, 26, and Stacey Condor, 23, each denied separate charges on Thursday of possessing amounts of the drug on December 31 in Southampton last year.
Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis set bail and ordered them to appear for trial on October 3.
