disabled.

Under the Motor Car Act there are exemptions for the handicapped -- but not groups who cater for them.

Among organisations which will benefit are the Bermuda Physically Handicapped Association.

"It was only appropriate that we change the law to accommodate them,'' said Transport Minister the Hon. Ralph Marshall.

The amendment will mean organisations will not have to pay customs duty, or licence fees.

Currently there are three vehicles specially fitted to transport the disabled.

Mr. Marshall said he expected only one or two more to be licensed.

The annual loss of revenue from the move will be about $545.50 per vehicle.

READING EXPERT TO GIVE TALK CON Reading expert to give talk Distinguished child psychologist, Dr. Marie Clay, will be the key speaker at the 12th conference of the Bermuda Reading Council.

The conference takes place at the Princess Hotel tomorrow from 9.15 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

Dr. Clay, a Dame Commander of the British Empire and author of more than 60 articles for educational journals, is Professor Emeritus of the University of Auckland in New Zealand. She has spent 25 years training child psychologists.

Her twin interests of child development and clinical problems found a focus in issues of primary prevention, and she developed the Reading Recovery early intervention programme.

Bermuda Reading Council organisers said they were thrilled to have Dr. Clay as a speaker.

Tickets for Saturday's conference can be got by calling 236-0537, 293-0266 or 293-0955.

BURGLARS STEAL $1,000 FROM HOME CRM Burglars steal $1,000 from home St. George's detectives are investigating a break-in in which more than $1,000 was stolen from a home on Radnor Estate, Hamilton Parish.

Police said a thief was believed to have entered the home through an insecure window last Tuesday morning.

Once inside, the thief stole just over $1,000 in cash and a personal cheque from a bedroom drawer.

HOTELIER DIES OBT Hotelier dies A former manager of Cambridge Beaches has died at his home in Virginia, aged 80.

Mr. David Charters came to Bermuda from Ireland in the 1930s and went into the hotel business. He also served in the Bermuda home guard. In 1958 he left for for Albemarle County, Virginia, where he raised beef cattle.

KITCHEN BLAZES FIR Kitchen blazes Firefighters rushed to two separate structural fires on Thursday.

Two fire trucks and nine firefighters responded to a fire at home on Saucos Hill, just off McGall's Hill in Smith's shortly after 2 p.m.

Damage was confined to a microwave oven and a wall unit, a spokesman said. The fire was caused by a short.

Overheating grease caused a fire at a home on Tribe Road Number Five, Warwick, later that day.

Two fire trucks and nine firefighters responded to the call at 6.20 p.m.

Damage was confined to wooden kitchen cabinets and the stove.