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New Zealand Mail, Issue 21, 17 June 1871, Page 4

Sleeping in Church. The habifc of sleeping in church (observes the Melbourne " Daily Telegraph") is one which has come to be looked upon as a right of the individual. In all probability this has arisen in consequence of the frequency of the practice for it has long been a recognised fact that the average sermon is a better soporific than anything else in nature. The line, however, should be drawn at sleeping; and when a member of a congregation claims a right to snore, he goes beyond that line, and renders himself amenable to the censure of churchwardens. A man named James Rea, was taught this truth at Trinity Church, Sandridge, on Sunday. He snored, and when shaken up lost his temper and used very naughty words, for which he was brought before the Sandridge Bench on Monday. The Bench seemed to think that the interior of a church was a public place within the meaning of the Aot, and the man was discharged. Asphalte.—A gentleman from New Zealand (says the " Advertiser") was passing along Market-square, Q-eelong, lately, when his attention was called to the asphalte pavement. He at once expressed his surprise that such horrible stuff had been brought into use. When asked his reason for making use of such a term, he stated that had it not been for such a pavement a large portion of the property destroyed by the great fire at Dunedin would bave been saved. The pavement, he said, caught fire, and the flames ran along with fearful rapidity. This being the case, it will not, perhaps, be deemed worth while, for a small saving, to place such pavements in front of places of business.