Street's sewer line will start on Tuesday.

And although this will cause some inconvenience to the public, Corporation Secretary Mr. Roger Sherratt yesterday assured the public that every effort will be made to keep "any inconvenience to an absolute minimum.'' He said the Corporation will have to cordon off part of the Number One Shed car park to store special equipment.

There will be several days when the cycle parking area next to the ferry terminal building will have to be closed off, Mr. Sherratt said.

"While the sewer lining is being installed along Front Street it may be necessary to prohibit parking on both sides of the road in the immediate vicinity of where the work is being carried out and to make sure traffic can continue to flow in both directions,'' Mr. Sherratt said.

"But we will not have to dig up Front Street at all, and most of the work will be carried out at night time because the material being used to repair the sewer line is very sensitive to sunlight.'' The project is expected to be completed by the middle of February.

HAMILTON SAYS NO TO FLOGGING PETITION GVT Hamilton says no to flogging petition The Corporation of Hamilton has refused a request to use the space in front of the library to collect signatures in favour of corporal punishment.

"The Corporation traditionally does not allow Corporation property to be used for any political purposes at all,'' Corporation Secretary Mr. Roger Sherratt told The Royal Gazette .

Businessman Mr. Charles Spanswick, who applied to use the lower verandah at the Par-La-Ville Library to collect signatures for his petition, said he plans to use Albuoy's Point instead.

"I don't think it's fair,'' that the library cannot be used, "because it's a community thing,'' Mr. Spanswick said.

But Mr. Sherratt said the area in front of the library is normally used only by charities.

Mr. Spanswick's petition, citing concerns about the rate of crime and violence, calls for "use of the birch and/or cat-o'-nine tail as a form of punishment to be employed by Bermuda's courts, and more particularly as a form of punishment for those who are convicted of crimes of violence.'' Mr. Spanswick said he will have the petition at Albuoy's Point at lunch time all next week.

PARLIAMENTARY FORMS FLOWING IN VOT Keep Parliamentary forms flowing in Voters have returned some 6,000 Parliamentary registration forms so far.

And Parliamentary Registrar Mrs. Marlene Christopher said she was encouraged by that number.

She said that number was about 1,000 more than the number returned last year around the same time.

Some 20,000 households have yet to respond, according to Mrs. Christopher.

Households were urged to return the forms by early February because of the pending constituency boundaries review this year.

Those who do not return their forms by early February will be mailed a second form as in previous years.

But in addition to the two mail-outs, canvassers on March 9 will begin visiting householders who have failed to return their forms by the first week of March.

Total number of registered voters in 1994 was 34,637 and Mrs. Christopher is expecting another 400 names on the register. This includes some 200 young people who will be 18 by June 16, 1996.

ANOTHER EXPLANATION FOR MYSTERY RAFT FHP Another explanation for mystery raft A mystery craft found floating in Bermuda's waters and thought to be a refugee life raft, could be as mundane as a painting platform for cruise ships.

St. George's fisherman Captain Joe Kelly towed the boat to St. George's Harbour after he found it adrift seven miles east of the Island this week.

He said he believed it had been built by Cuban or Haitian refugees who had either abandoned it or perished on board.

But yesterday, ex-seafarer Mr. John Young had a less exotic explanation for the origins of the craft.

He said paint splattered on the raft indicated it belonged to a merchant or cruise ship for paint jobs.

"The ship could have got into bad weather and the raft was washed overboard.

It could have come from any of the cruise ships,'' he maintained.

But he praised Captain Kelly's efforts in towing the raft to shore.

"It is very good that he rescued it,'' Mr. Young said. "Yachts can smash to pieces on something like that. He should be commended.'' MAN, 26, DENIES INTERFERING WITH GIRL CTS Man, 26, denies interfering with girl A 26-year-old Smith's man accused of having unlawful carnal knowledge of a young girl pleaded not guilty to the charge in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

He denied interfering with the girl, who was between 14 and 16 years old, between May and June last year.

Magistrate the Wor. Cheryl-Ann Mapp extended his bail with conditions that he have no contact with the complainant or others associated with the case.

Also in Magistrates' Court yesterday, a 43-year-old Devonshire man denied committing sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl on November 16 last year.

Mrs. Mapp bailed the man for $800 on condition that he have no contact with the complainant.

WOMAN FINDS AN INTRUDER IN HER HOME CRM Woman finds an intruder in her home Police are investigating a break-in at a home in Cavendish Heights on Thursday, where a thief made off with a small amount of cash and other personal items.

A woman who lived there reported she heard strange noises.

She went into the dining room and discovered an intruder. The thief fled the scene but not before removing a knapsack containing a small amount of cash together with some credit cards, bank books and other personal items.

LAWYER HALL MOVES IN WITH PERINCHIEF LEG Lawyer Hall moves in with Perinchief A week after he was forced out of his Front Street offices by his landlord, lawyer and former MP Mr. Julian Hall has sought refuge in the office of fellow attorney Mr. Philip Perinchief.

The offices of Mr. Hall, who is in the middle of a rent dispute with JHR Properties, were seized under two Supreme Court writs this month.

Mr. Perinchief's practice, on Parliament Street in Hamilton, is just a few blocks away from the Emporium building, the site of Mr. Hall's office.

The Emporium is managed for JHR by CareCorp Ltd., a division of Leonard O.

Gibbons Real Estate.

While it is unclear how seriously the seizure has affected Mr. Hall's practice, the Hall and Associates firm has seen a defection over the past few months of some of its key players.

Last fall, associate Mr. Michael Scott lessened his role at the firm by setting up a new practice in Somerset with his brother, Sen. Larry Scott.

And this week, lawyer Mr. Marc Telemaque advertised for a conveyancer for his "new and potentially busy'' conveyancing practice, Telemaque and Associates.

POLICE WARN TO BEWARE IMPERSONATORS CRM Police warn to beware impersonators Police are warning the public to beware of impersonators.

P.c. Gary Venning of Police Community and Media Relations reported that there have been several cases recently where people have got money under false pretenses.

"We recommend that during business or personal transactions where a particular individual is owed money, the identity of that person should be carefully verified and suspicious circumstances should be reported to Police,'' P.c. Venning said.