Bermuda's Independence referendum has yet to be presented to Governor Lord Waddington.

Mr. Gladstone Bassett, the commission secretary, said yesterday it might be another one to two weeks before the report was completed.

A three-person commission headed by former Court of Appeals judge Mr. Telford Georges heard evidence for five days in early November. It was generally agreed no "smoking gun'' emerged which clearly pointed to wrongdoing by politicians or public servants.

Hurricane Felix skirted Bermuda on the eve of the referendum which was set for August 15. It first appeared the referendum would be put off indefinitely. But after intervention by the Governor, a section of the Parliamentary Election Act was invoked by which returning officers attended their polling stations and adjourned voting for 24 hours.

At the public hearings, suspicions were aired that former Premier Sir John Swan, anticipating a `no' vote to Independence, tried to have the referendum put off until December.

EX-CIVIL SERVANT DIES IN MARYLAND OBT Ex-civil servant dies in Maryland A former director of the Transport Control Board has died in Maryland. Mr.

Sydney Hyde Kemsley, OBE, who served 40 years in the Bermuda civil service, died in Maryland on November 21, his daughter Mrs. Patricia Cooke of Maryland told The Royal Gazette . He was 90.

Mr. Kemsley, who retired as TCD director in 1970, began work as a surveyor with the Public Works department in 1930.

After the war he was in charge of rehabilitation of St. David's and he took over the TCD in 1946.

He was an honourary member of the Freemasons Bermuda Chapter No. 224 and was active in Christ Church, Devonshire, and later in St. Anne's Church in Southampton.

He is survived by his wife Betty, his daughter Mrs. Cooke, another daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Bell, and four grandchildren.

VISITOR ARRIVALS CONTINUE TO SLIDE TOU Visitor arrivals continue to slide Weekly visitor arrivals have dropped again, according to the latest Government figures.

The total number of arrivals has dropped by 561 (nine per cent) for the week ending November 26 -- down to 5670 compared with 6321 for the same period last year.

The grim news mean the figures for the year to date shows 31,875 fewer visitors to the Island, a 5.6 per cent drop on the corresponding figures for 1994.

So far this year, 538,835 people have visited Bermuda, compared with 570,710 to November 26 last year.

POLICE APPEAL FOR WITNESSES TO CRASH AC Police appeal for witnesses to crash Police are still appealing for witnesses to an accident last Wednesday morning on Collector's Hill to come forward.

Police spokesman P.c. Gary Venning said a Ford Laser was travelling east on South Road in Smith's Parish at about 1.30 a.m. when, upon turning left onto Collector's Hill, it veered across the road and hit a wall.

The car was extensively damaged and a 22-year-old passenger from St. George's suffered injures.

P.c. Venning said the man had been moved from King Edward VII Memorial Hospital's intensive care unit to a general ward.

Anyone with any information about the accident is asked to call P.c. Darrin Simons at the St. George's Police Station on 297-1122.

HOTEL EMPLOYEE DENIES STEALING CTS Hotel employee denies stealing A former employee of the Southampton Princess Hotel pleaded not guilty yesterday to allegedly defrauding the resort of an undisclosed sum of money.

Frank Anthony Harris was accused of stealing the money after two cash counts at the hotel last spring were found to be irregular.

The former employee, who faces two charges in connection with the April 20 and 21 incidents, had his bail extended by Magistrate the Wor. Edward King. His trial was set for May 7.