TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
[Press Telegraph Agency.] Auckland, Monday. At the official declaration of the poE at Waitemata, Mr. Yon der Heyde was declared elected by a majority of sixty. He proceeds South on Wednesday. Westport, Monday. There were unprecedented high tides on Saturday and Sunday. The lower part of the town was flooded, the sea encroaching a long distance. Houses in Kennedy Street were rendered untenable, and more of the river bank was destroyed on Sunday. A woman named Minnie Benzie attempted suicide by drowning; but was rescued pluckily by WiEiam Nathbur, who plunged into the flooded river, and brought her senseless ashore. Christchurch, Monday. The foEowing are the relative positions taken by the competitors for the University scholarships : Classics : Reeves, Canterbury, It; CampbeE, Nelson, 2 ; Gould, Canterbury, 3 ; Bamicoat, Nelson, 4 ; Wilkinson, Canterbury, 5 ; Richmond, Nelson, 6 ; Whitcombe, Canterbury, 7 ; Harkness, Nelson, 8. Mathematics : Harkness, Nelson, 1 ; Rattray, Auckland, and Kate M. Edgar, Auckland, equal ; LefiEiatre, Nelson, 4; Solomon, Otago, 5 ; CampbeE, Nelson, 6 ; Bamicoat, Nelson, 7 ; Beaveridge, Auckland, 8 ; Whit, combe, Canterbury, 9 ; Lord, Otago, 10 ; Campbell, Nelson, 11 ; Speed, Nelson, 12 ; MEton, Canterbury, 13 ; Richmond, Nelson, 14 ; Wilkinson, Canterbury, 15. Modern Languages, History, and English Literature : Reeves, Canterbury, 1; Milton, Canterbury, 2 ; CampbeE, Nelson, 3 ; Bamicoat, Nelson, Speed, Nelson, Richmond, Nelson, equal; Harkness, Nelson, 7; LefilEatre, Nelson, 8 ; CampbeE, Nelson, 9. Natural Philosophy.—Solomon, Otago, 1 ; LefiEiatre, Nelson, 2; Speed, Nelson, 3; Lord, Otago ; Bamicoat, Nelson, equal. Chemistry —Solomon, Otago, 1 ; Lord, Otago, 2 ; Lefilliatre. Nelson, 3. Physical Geography.—Speed, Nelson, 1; Campbell, Nelson, 2 ; LefiEiatre, Nelson, 3 ; Solomon, Otago, 4; Bamicoat, Nelson, 5; Lord, Otago, 6. Zoology.—Solomon, Otago, 1; Lord, Otago j 2 ; LefiEiatre, Nelson, 3 ; Speed, Nelson, 4 ; Campbell, and Bamicoat, Nelson, equal. Botany.—LefiEiatre, 1 ; Speed, Nelson, 2 ; .Campbell, Nelson, 3 ; Solomon, Otago, 4 ; Lowe, Otago, 5 ; Bamicoat, Nelson, 6. Geology.—Solomon, Otago, 1; Lowe, Otago, 2 ; Speed, Nelson, 3 ; LefiEiatre, Nelson, 4 ; CampbeE, Nelson, 5.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4172, 4 August 1874, Page 3
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