1924 in New Zealand

1924 in New Zealand

Other years in New Zealand

1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 (1924) • 1925 • 1926 • 1927

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO succeeded by General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO ^[1]

Government

The 21st New Zealand Parliament continued. The Reform Party governed as a minority with the support of independents.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham
• Prime Minister - William Massey
• Minister of Finance - William Massey

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party).^[2]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Robert Wright
• Mayor of Christchurch - James Arthur Flesher
• Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley

Events

• Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward', which was to become the main commercial cultivar of kiwifruit was first grown in 1924.

Arts and literature

See 1924 in art, 1924 in literature Category:1924 books

Music

See: 1924 in music

Broadcasting

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Venus of the South Seas

See: 1924 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1924 films

Appointments and awards

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Sport

• See: 1924 in sports, Category:1924 in sports, New Zealand at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

• Arthur Porritt won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. He also came 5th in the 200m.

Chess

• The 33rd National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney.^[3]

Golf

• The 11th New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss, with an aggregate of 301.^[4]
• The 28th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland ^[5]
  • Men: L. Quin (Eltham)
  • Women: Mrs ? Peake

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Sheik ^[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Locanda Mac ^[7]

Thoroughbred racing

• ARC Great Northern Derby: won by Ballymena (NZ)

Rugby union

• An All Black team toured the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada between September and February 1925. They won all 32 games on tour, and were nicknamed The Invincibles
• The Ranfurly Shield was held and defended by Hawkes Bay all season.

Rugby League

• Great Britain toured New Zealand, losing the test series 2-1
  • 1st test, GB 31 - NZ 18, Dunedin
  • 2nd test, NZ 13 - GB 11, Wellington
  • 3rd test, NZ 16 - GB 8, Auckland

Soccer

• 2nd Chatham Cup won by Harbour Board (Auckland)
• A Chinese Universities football team toured New Zealand, including four matches against the national team:^[8]
  • 16 August, Auckland: NZ won 2-1
  • 23 August, Wellington: draw 2-2
  • 6 September, Dunedin: NZ won 5-3
  • 13 September, Christchurch: NZ won 4-2
• Provincial league champions:^[9]
  • Auckland: Harbour Board
  • Canterbury: Sunnyside
  • Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
  • Nelson: Athletic
  • Otago: Seacliff
  • South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Kaponga
  • Wanganui: YMCA
  • Wellington: YMCA

Wrestling

• Ike Robin becomes recognised as New Zealand's first Wrestling champion

Births

• 21 January: Bill Andersen, trade unionist.
• 21 January: Ronald Sinclair, child actor.
• 22 January: Ortvin Sarapu, twenty-times New Zealand chess champion.
• 27 January: Lyn Philp, boxer.
• 29 February: David Beattie, Governor-general.
• 7 March (in London): J.G.A. Pocock, historian.
• 28 August: Tony MacGibbon, cricketer.
• 28 August: Janet Frame, writer.

• Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon.
• James Beard, architect.
• Len Castle, potter.
• Miriam Dell, women's advocate/leader.
• Pat Evison, Actress.
• William Fraser, politician.
• Gerald O'Brien, politician.
• Robert Tizard, politician.

Category:1924 births

Deaths

• 17 July: William Davidson, pioneer of refrigerated shipping.

• Alfred Newman, politician.
• Edward Wakefield, politician.

Category:1924 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 the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

References

External links

Media related to 1924 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons