1923 in New Zealand

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See also: 1922 in New Zealand, other events of 1923, 1924 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 March 3.2 May 3.3 July 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Sport 5.1 Cricket 5.2 Horse racing 5.3 Rugby 5.3.1 Soccer 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1923 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - Earl Jellicoe

[edit] 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 (Independent)
• Prime Minister - William Massey
• Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
• Minister of Finance - TBD
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Francis Bell (New Zealand Prime Minister)

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Thomas Mason Wilford (Liberal)

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Robert Wright
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry T. J. Thacker succeeded by James Arthur Flesher
• Mayor of Dunedin - James Sandilands Douglas succeeded by Harold Livingstone Tapley

[edit] Events

See 1923 , 1923 in politics , 1923 in science , Category:1923 in Australia , 1923 in Australia , 1923 in music , 1923 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history, Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

• The Ross Dependency was claimed by Britain and placed under New Zealand's administration
• Opening of the Otira rail tunnel on the Midland Line.
• Establishment of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
• The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand is formed.
• Battlecruiser HMS New Zealand broken up for scrap.

[edit] March

• 28 Tauranga by-election won by Charles Edward MacMillan (Reform Party)

[edit] May

• 1 Oamaru by-election won by John MacPherson, Liberal Party

[edit] July

• 5 Fourteen die when the main trunk express runs into a slip near Taumarunui

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1923 in art , 1923 in literature, Category:1923 books

[edit] Music

See: 1923 in music

[edit] Radio

• A set of Broadcasting regulations are issued under the Post And Telegraph Act 1920. Under the new regulations the country is divided into four numerical transmission regions. The regulations also stipulate that the owner of a receiving set is to pay an annual license of five shillings while permission to transmit costs two pounds.[1]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• The Romance of Sleepy Hollow

See: 1923 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1923 films

[edit] Sport

• See: 1923 in sports , Category:1923 in sports

[edit] Cricket

• Plunket Shield

[edit] Horse racing

• ARC Great Northern Derby: Won by Enthusiasm (NZ)

[edit] Rugby

• Ranfurly Shield held and defended by Hawkes Bay for the full season.

[edit] Soccer

• Inaugural competition for the Chatham Cup won by Seacliff (Otago)

[edit] Births

• 6 January: Norman Kirk. Politician and Prime Minister
• 27 January: Robert Burchfield. Lexicographer
• 2 March: Don Taylor, cricketer
• 31 March: Lawrie Miller, cricketer
• 11 November: Sonja Davies. Trade unionist, peace activist
• 17 November: Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer

• Melvin (Pat) Day, artist
• Eric Heath, cartoonist
• Jean Herbison, academic, university chancellor
• Peter Mahon QC
• Lawrie Miller, cricketer
• Don Taylor, cricketer

Category:1923 births

[edit] Deaths

• January 9: Katherine Mansfield (writer).

Category:1923 deaths

[edit] See also