party'' to investigate perceptions that blacks and whites are treated differently by the criminal justice system.

Legislative Affairs Minister the Hon. Sir John Sharpe will also tell Parliamentarians of Government's plan to create a unit within the Human Rights Commission to deal with race relations.

The announcements will be part of Sir John's opening remarks on Judge Stephen Tumim's wide-ranging report on the Island's criminal justice system. The subsequent debate by MPs marks the start of Parliament's summer sitting which should run through to the end of June.

Government has already accepted the "general thrust' of the report which made dozens of recommendations.

BOARDS WANTS MAY MEETING UNS Boards wants May meeting The Essential Industries Disputes Settlement Board could meet as early as May 25 to hear Elbow Beach Hotel and the Bermuda Industrial Union, Labour and Home Affairs Minister the Hon. Irving Pearman said yesterday.

The board's chairman, Prof. Ronald Haughton, is looking for a date close to that, said Mr. Pearman.

He said he did not know how many hearing dates would be required. Initially, the dispute was to go to the board on June 28, but an earlier date was sought after a two-day labour disruption at the Paget hotel.

The dispute relates to the hotel's desire to break its ties with the BIU. BIU president Mr. Ottiwell Simmons MP met yesterday with Elbow Beach workers to bring them up to date on the dispute.

BIU LETTER -- AF CONSULTED UNS BIU letter -- AF consulted Labour Minister the Hon. Irving Pearman is seeking legal advice over a letter from the BIU on the Bermuda Forwarders dispute.

The letter attacks the Trade Dispute Tribunal's refusal to hear evidence over the job losses of 15 men at the Pembroke trucking firm.

The tribunal said it was bound by a Supreme Court declaration that the men flouted their contracts, and should not be compensated.

Last night Mr. Pearman said he had studied the Bermuda Industrial Union's letter, and would be consulting with the Attorney General's chambers.

"Until such a time I will not act at all,'' he added.

SCHOOL ROW GOES TO COURT CTS School row goest to court A Pembroke father is fighting on two fronts to get his son allowed back in school.

The man is suing Saltus Grammar School after it expelled his 14-year-old son.

And he has also complained to the Human Rights Commission, his lawyer revealed yesterday.

Ms Clare Hatcher said the case would come to Supreme Court today, in a closed-door hearing before a judge. "After that we may know more,'' she said.

It is believed the 14-year-old and another youth, about 17, were expelled following claims of misbehaviour with girls on a school sporting trip to England.

ELBOW HIT BY POWER FAILURE TOU Elbow hit by power failure Elbow Beach Hotel was without power and telephone communication for several hours last night.

A spokesman for the 298-unit Paget hotel said the lights went out shortly before 4 p.m.

At 6.30 p.m., a Bermuda Electric Light Co. Ltd. spokesman said a cable was burned up and crews were still working to restore power. "It's going to be quite a few hours,'' he said.