1905 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1905 in New Zealand.
Incumbents[edit]
Regal and viceregal[edit]
Government[edit]
The Liberal Party are re-elected and formed the 16th New Zealand Parliament.
- Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
- Prime Minister – Richard Seddon
- Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon
- Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Parliamentary opposition[edit]
- Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).[2]
Main centre leaders[edit]
Municipal elections are held on 27 April:[3]
- Mayor of Auckland – Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
- Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray
- Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Christie – then Joseph Braithwaite
Events[edit]
- The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.[4]
Arts and literature[edit]
See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature
Music[edit]
See: 1905 in music
Film[edit]
See: Category:1905 film awards, 1905 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1905 films
Sport[edit]
Association football[edit]
- The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.[5]
- 10 June vs Wellington in Wellington (pre-tour warm-up)
- 17 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Metropolitan Association
- 21 June, Sydney: Won 8–3 vs Wednesday Association
- 24 June, Sydney: Won 6–4 vs New South Wales
- 28 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Navy
- 1 July, Sydney: Lost 0–2 vs New South Wales
- 5 July, Newcastle: Won 5–4 vs Northern Districts
- 8 July, Newcastle: Won 1–0 vs Northern Districts
- 12 July, Sydney: Won 6–2 vs Granville
- 15 July, Wollongong: Drew 3–3 vs South Coast
- 19 July, Sydney: Won 5–0 vs Metropolitan Association
- 22 July, Sydney: Drew 1–1 vs New South Wales
This is the last NZ representative team until 1922.
Boxing[edit]
National amateur champions[edit]
- Heavyweight – W. Robertson (Ashburton)
- Middleweight – A. Leckie (Dunedin)
- Lightweight – G. Williams (Palmerston North)
- Featherweight – J. Morris (Dunedin)
- Bantamweight – E. Baird (Christchurch)
Chess[edit]
The 18th National Chess championship is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies [6]
Golf[edit]
- The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland [7]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 4th title
- Women: Miss A. Stephenson
- Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.[8]
Horse racing[edit]
Harness racing[edit]
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark [9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Le Rosier[10]
Thoroughbred racing[edit]
Rugby[edit]
- Ranfurly Shield – Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3–3) and Hawkes Bay (11–3) before losing to Auckland (6–10).
Soccer[edit]
Provincial league champions:[11]
- Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
- Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic
- Otago: Kaitangata FC
- Southland: Nightcaps
- Taranaki: Waitara
- Wellington: Diamond Wellington
Births[edit]
- 10 January: R. A. K. Mason, poet.
- 25 February: Iriaka Rātana, politician.
- 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer
- 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
- 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
- 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician.
- 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist
- 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
- 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.
- 10 December: Neil Watson, politician.
Deaths[edit]
- 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.[12]
- 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
- 22 April: Mary Gabriel Gill, Catholic prioress[13]
- 6 June: Marion Hatton, suffragist[14]
- 27 June: Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe, Māori tribal leader, soldier and entrepreneur
- 20 October: John Thomas Peacock, businessman and politician
- 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.[15]
See also[edit]
- History of New Zealand
- List of years in New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
References[edit]
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "1905. DIARY OF EVENTS". The Evening Post. Vol. LXX, no. 155. 30 December 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ "History in the making". The Marlborough Express. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ^ DNZB – Bendix Hallenstein
- ^ McCarthy, Mary Augustine. "Mary Gabriel Gill". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Obituary". Otago Witness. 14 June 1905. p. 25.
- ^ "Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
External links[edit]
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