Police reported on Friday.

The bag-snatch happened at around 10.45 p.m. on Thursday, as the tourist was riding a livery cycle along South Road near Elbow Beach.

A youth rode up behind her and snatched her sports bag, containing $80.

MORE HORSEPOWER THAN NECESSARY CTS More horsepower than necessary Exceeding the speed limit to overtake a horse and buggy cost a 22-year-old Smiths man $100 in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Joseph Latham was clocked at 54 kph driving a motorcycle on Dundonald Street on July 14.

Latham said he wished the Police would take into account that he was only exceeding the speed limit to overtake.

Acting Magistrate the Wor. John Judge told Latham he would not tell the Police how to do their jobs. They should enforce the law equally for all, Mr. Judge said.

MAN ADMITS USE OF BOSS'S PHONE CTS Man admits use of boss's phone A Warwick man pleaded guilty last week to using his employer's telephone and incurring large overseas bills without paying them.

Eura Kyan Ible, 21, ran up a bill of $1,328.25 for overseas calls to Camden, New Jersey between February 28 and May 18 this year, said Police Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting.

Ible also accepted a $55 collect call from New Jersey on the same phone.

Ible made the calls on the telephone at the Auto Paint & Body Shop owned by Calvin Busby.

Acting Senior Magistrate the Wor. John Judge on Friday ordered Ible to pay the phone bill, and asked for a social inquiry report with a view to imposing a sentence of community service.

HIGH PRICE TO PAY FOR CORNS CURE CTS High price to pay for corns cure A 23-year-old Paget man was yesterday fined $100 after pleading guilty to stealing corn pads and corn ointment from a pharmacy.

Mark Collins, of Highwood Lane, put the packet of Dr. Scholl's corn pads and a tube of ointment in his pocket and walked out of the Phoenix Drug Store without paying, Police Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said.

The offence occurred on the afternoon of August 8. Collins was seen putting the items in his pocket and then leaving.

A security guard followed him and brought him back to wait for the Police.

"I never had any intention of taking them,'' said Collins in his defence. He added that he often put small things in his pocket so he could hold larger purchases, but that it was a habit he was rapidly breaking himself of.

SURPRISING SHARK SIGHTING SW Surprising shark sighting Swimmers and boat owners have been put on the alert after a fisherman claimed three sharks circled his boat in Harrington Sound.

The sharks -- two 6 feet long and the other 4 feet -- reportedly gobbled up fishbait before swimming away.

The incident occurred on Thursday night, off Palmetto Bay dock. Marine Police were alerted.

Sgt. Dale said staff from the Aquarium and Zoo had expressed surprise over the sighting.

BALLET FANS MISS PERFORMANCE THR Ballet fans miss performance Unlucky ticket holders who had to run for cover on Wednesday night when the Bermuda Civic Ballet's first performance of La Sylphide was rained out, have been disappointed again.

Due to bad weather, the special substitute performance arranged for last night, also had to be cancelled.

Refunds can be obtained on Thursday from the Visitors Service Bureau on Front Street, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. upon presentation of the tickets.