1905 in New Zealand

1905 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 3.2 Film 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Association football 5.2 Boxing 5.2.1 National amateur champions 5.3 Chess 5.4 Golf 5.5 Horse racing 5.5.1 Harness racing 5.5.2 Thoroughbred racing 5.6 Rugby 5.7 Soccer 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Edward VII
• Governor - The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO ^[1]

Government

The Liberal Party were 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

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - William Massey, (Independent). ^[2]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
• Mayor of Hamilton - William Dey then James Shiner Bond
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - C. M. Gray
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Christie - then Joseph Braithwaite

Events

• The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.^[3]

Arts and literature

See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature, Category:1905 books

Music

See: 1905 in music

Film

See: Category:1905 film awards , 1905 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1905 films

Appointments and awards

See:

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

Sport

Association football

• The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team took place, to Australia. ^[4]
  • 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 was the last NZ representative team until 1922.

Boxing

National amateur champions

• Heavyweight - W. Robertson (Ashburton)
• Middleweight - A. Leckie (Dunedin)
• Lightweight - G. Williams (Palmerston North)
• Featherweight - J. Morris (Dunedin)
• Bantamweight - E. Baird (Christchurch)

Chess

The 18th National Chess championship was held in Oamaru. The champion was A.W.O. Davies ^[5]

Golf

• The 13th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland ^[6]
  • Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) - 4th title
  • Women: Miss A. Stephenson
• Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, came under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union. ^[7]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark ^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Le Rosier ^[9]

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby

• Ranfurly Shield - Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3-3) and Hawkes Bay (11-3) before losing to Auckland (6-10).

Soccer

Provincial league champions: ^[10]

• Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
• Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic
• Otago: Kaitangata FC
• Southland: Nightcaps
• Taranaki: Waitara
• Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Births

• 25 February: Iriaka Matiu Ratana, politician.
• 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
• 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
• 29 October: 'John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.

• R. A. K. Mason, poet.
• Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
• Norman Shelton, politician.

Category:1905 births

Deaths

• 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant. ^[11]
• 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
• 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist. ^[12]

Category:1905 deaths

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1905 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1905

References