HBH 1890 May 9 Local news Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday-Mr G A PREECE R.M. Frederick STEVENS and Robert HARKNESS were each fined £5s and costs for drunkenness. Woodville Examiner gives currency to a statement that Mr TANNER will oppose Mr ORMOND at the next election for the Napier seat. The flood at West Clive was subsiding slowly at dusk last evening, but there was no practical outlet for the water at the mouth of the Ngtaruroro. If rains continue the township runs the risk of a serious flood. We have received from Mr H H HAYTER, Govt Statist of Victoria, the second volume of the 'Victorian Year Book" for 1888-89