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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1731, 11 June 1886, Page 3

Two trumpery cases of alleged breach of the peace, Weigher v. A. Jetisea aud Jenieli T. WeUner were heard before Messrs SusUon aud FergtHoa J*. P. to-day, and weie both dismissed. We regret that our issue yesterday -was inadequate to the demands. We did no'; anticipate such eager inquiry on the- part of the; public, or we sliould have, pat a large extra number on. The football match •* Palmerston v. Foitoa, will be played at Foxtoa to-morrow. We have mafle rooih elsewhere for the latest details procurable with reference to the appalling subterraneous convulsioa at Rotorua. . We publish t6«day additions to the catalogue of Messrs Stevens and Gorton'i sto^k tale to held at Awahuri on Tuesday, the loth instant. As the year 1893 will mark 50 years since the Eree Church* of Scotland began to exist us a separate institution, it is proposed to celebrate .the jubilee year . by wiping out all the debt of the church property. In spite of four famines m Indi am the . last 26 years, which killed off millions of the population, : the number of inhabitants steadily increased as a whole. , An Irish porter closing a shop one rainy evening! took off his coat while putting op the shutters. When asked why he went out m his shirt sleeves m the rain, ' Shure,' said he, ' don't I want a dry coat to go home iv ?' A smart bit of repartee was overhi-ard the other day at Killamey. A gnide with a tourjst scowled at a peasant who stared well at him. 'You'll kuo* me again if you meet me,' said the guide. ,' Not if you wash your facel' said the peasant. Today's. Chronicle baß the following : Robert Jones, clerk m the local Customs Department, was arrested last night by Detective Benjamin, on a charge of embezzling a sum of £30 belonging to the department. ' ■ A New Plymouth telegram, dated June 10, Jfi as follows :— John Lofloy, charged with deserting his wife in.Auckland, was arrested last night at. the Criterion Hotel. He was with another woman, but who left by train for tbe South this morning. • . ' A communication from Mr Hanltain, giving particulars of football matches arranged for the present aeason, will appear m to-morrow's issue. Proceedings m Parliament last night, consisted mainly af a debate on Sir George Grey's Pacific Islands resolutions, and other minor questions of no special interest. ' Bo closely did the noises heard yesterday morning resemble the firiup of heavy guns* that a number of the Wauganui mounted police proceeded to the Heads and along the coast as far as Wangaehu, looking for the vessel believed to be m distress.