HBH 1890 August 1 local news The bill case John Vigor BROWN v BENNETT and ROCHFORT will come before Mr Justice CONNOLLY and special jury this morning Mr BURTON and his assistant are engaged in replacing by living trees the dead stumps which break the continuity of the rows of blue gums in Munroe Street. At the Resident Court yesterday before Mr H S WARDELL R.M. Ann PROUSE fined 5s and costs for drunkenness, the alternative being 24 hours' hard labor. Application to appoint Mr TIFFEN a trustee in the FRANCE estate has not been made yet There will be an enquiry into the boundaries of the AWARUS and MANGAOHANE Blocks before Captain PREECE and Mr J A CONNELL today. The gate entrances to the enclosed portion of Clive Square required looking to. Traffic has worn holes which fill with rain that cannot drain away, and unwary visitors suffer in consequences. Perhaps the road overseer will take the hint. The property, furniture and estate of Mrs NEWMAN will be sold today Mr F LOGAN solicitor for the Clive Road Board, and Mr W DINWIDDIE, solicitor for Mrs GUY drove out to the Grange estate near CLIVE, to view the locality affected by the action to be heard on Wednesday next between Mrs GUY and the inhabitants of the Clive Road District. The hall at the Working Men's Club was crowded last evening, the attraction being a lecture by Mr C WILSON. Acceptable vocal items were contributed by Messrs SPRIGGS, H MARTIN, PIRANI, COLLINS, PLOWMAN, BEECHAM, FOLEY, and Miss MANEY played two piano solos.