the readiness of the Emergency Measures Organisation in the event of a hurricane hitting the Island.

The exercise coincides with the start of hurricane season, which runs from June through November.

As was the case last year during Hurricane Preparedness Week, EMO members will be pretending a hurricane is approaching and the Government emergency broadcasting channel on FM 100.1 Mhz will be tested.

The name of the mock hurricane this year will be Kristie, Police spokesman Sgt. John Dale said.

The Police and employees at the Naval Oceanography Command Facility will be appearing on local radio and television talk shows and have already started giving lectures at schools to increase public awareness about what to do in the event of a hurricane, he said.

SPECIAL TV SHOW FOR OUR SENIORS TV Special TV show for our seniors The Island's senior citizens are invited to tune into a special six-part television programme airing next week.

The programme will feature exercises and interviews geared for older people.

It will be hosted by health promotions coordinator Mrs. Ivena Laurenceo and will be shown on VSB 11, Cable 4 at 10 a.m. on Mondays beginning June 1.

The programmes were created in conjunction with the Seventh Annual Senior Citizens Week which officially runs from June 1-7.

Other events planned for the week include the Premier's tea at Camden, the opening ceremony at City Hall, a seminar on aging and a jazz concert.

CENSUS SUMMARY NOW ON SALE GVT Census summary now on sale A summary of the 1991 Census of Population is now available from the Census Office in Hamilton at a cost of $5 per copy.

The report contains data on the composition of the Island's population in terms of age, sex, race, nativity and Bermudian status and some of the main findings related to levels of education and income. In addition, the report provides summary data on household size and type, and basic information on housing.

Wherever possible, comparable data from previous censuses has been included to mark the major changes which have occurred through time in Bermuda's population, labour force and housing stock.

TWO BRAZEN BREAK-INS CRM Two brazen break-ins Two houses were broken into yesterday morning when thieves attempted to end the holiday spirit.

At approximately 2:30 a.m, a woman living on Schools Drive in Devonshire found a man standing at her bedroom door after she was awakened by her barking dog.

She woke up her husband and the intruder fled the house, taking with him her handbag, which contained $28 and a bank book.

The second incident occurred when an intruder was disturbed as he was about to enter a house on Cedar Park Road in Devonshire through the bedroom window The startled thief dropped a woman's purse outside the front door before fleeing.

MARIJUANA WAS `FOR THE PAIN' CTS Marijuana was `for the pain' A US visitor caught with a "very large'' amount of cannabis told Magistrates' Court the drug helped her with pain from a car accident.

Data processor Brenda Joyce Steffens, 38, arrived at the Civil Air Terminal on May 21 and was found by customs to have 13.2 grams of cannabis, plus cigarette papers and a roach clip.

She admitted possessing cannabis and having drug equipment, and was fined $900. "I am not a user of drugs on a regular basis,'' she told the court. "I voluntarily gave it up to the customs.'' Told by Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis that she had a "very large quantity indeed'', she replied: "I was involved in an auto accident last year and have found this substance to help with the pain that I suffer. But this is much greater pain.''