the object of praise in the Senate last night.

Miss Katherine Hubbard, 23, was selected by the Bermuda branch of the Rhodes Selection Committee this summer.

The committee will make their formal announcement next year if Miss Hubbard is accepted to read an approved course at an approved college.

Government Sen. Lynda Milligan-Whyte yesterday congratulated Hubbard, calling her "an exemplary young Bermudian''.

She quoted the principal at Warwick Academy as saying Miss Hubbard was "one of the best students to ever go through the school''.

Not only did she excel in academics, but in community concerns as well, she said.

Government Senate Leader the Hon. Gerald Simons and cousin of Miss Hubbard claimed she was in the top ten percent of medical students in the United Kingdom.

He said she began her education at Dellwood School.

"She would have received a Rhodes Scholarship almost regardless of where she had started or finished,'' he said.

Miss Hubbard, who completed her A-level programme in one year, spent an elective year studying medicine in Papua, New Guinea.

ON TRIAL FOR SMUGGLING CANNBIS CTS On trial for smuggling cannabis The trial of a man accused of smuggling drugs in two pairs of jeans began in Supreme Court yesterday.

Dean Sinclair Burgess, 32 of Camp Hill, Warwick is charged with two counts of importing and possessing cannabis for supply.

Crown counsel Mr. Khamisi Tokunbo made opening remarks yesterday at the trial which is expected to be relatively speedy.

Four witnesses for the prosecution took the stand.

Narcotics officer, Det. Con. Alickson Severin estimated the street value of the two packets of cannabis found sewn into the leg of each pair of jeans at $48,800.

He later admitted under cross examination by defence lawyer Mr. Archibald Warner, this could be as little as $5,000 if the drugs were sold in larger quantities.

The packets contained 114 grams and 182 grams of the drug, he said.

Customs officer, Wayne Edwards, described how during the course of search at the Civil Air Terminal on January 3 this year, he discovered the drugs sewn into two pairs of jeans in a bag in Burgess' possession.

Burgess who arrived off a charter flight from Jamaica on January 3 this year said only one of the jeans were his -- the other belonged to his friend "Robert'' also on the flight.

The Customs officer said he opened the second package and asked Burgess what it was.

Burgess replied, "It's weed. It's not mine. You'd better get Robert in here'', Edwards said.

The trial continues today.

Soccer inquiry Ms Gordon went on to reveal her plans for a Commission of Inquiry.

Commission members would have connections with football, but be "relatively independent'' and meet with the approval of the BFA's private sponsors.

Said Ms Gordon: "They will be well respected in this community and be very credible. I am seeking their assistance to delve into the matter and report back.'' She added several people's names had already been pencilled in to sit on the Commission.

"We have to get their approval to serve before we can release their names.'' The Hon. Sir John Sharpe, however, had agreed to chair the inquiry, she continued.

Sir John is honorary vice-president of the BFA and used to be chairman of its Appeals Committee.

"Sir John is very well respected in the community,'' said Ms Gordon.