1938 in New Zealand

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1938 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 6.3 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,618,500 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1937: 16,500 (1.03%)
• Males per 100 Females: 103.2

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government. The general election in October resulted in the Labour government being returned for the 26th New Zealand Parliament.

• Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
• Prime Minister - Michael Joseph Savage
• Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Michael Joseph Savage
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Adam Hamilton (National Party). ^[3]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow then Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - J. W. Beanland then Robert M. Macfarlane
• Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox then Andrew Henson Allen

[edit] Events

• 19 February: 21 people working on the Wairoa-Gisborne railway were drowned when a flash flood hit a works camp at Kopuawhara near Mahia. ^[4]

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1938 in art, 1938 in literature, Category:1938 books

[edit] Music

See: 1938 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• New Zealand Review no.5, Mountain Holiday, [1]

See: Category:1938 film awards , 1938 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1938 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

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

[edit] Sport

• See: 1938 in sports , Category:1938 in sports

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Waterside (Wellington)

[edit] Births

• 21 January: Jim Anderton, politician.
• 11 February: Bevan Congdon, cricketer.
• 24 February: Murray Hudson, soldier, winner of the George Cross.
• 26 May: Pauline Parker, convicted murderer.
• 12 July: Stanley Meads, rugby player.
• 24 July: John Sparling, cricketer.
• 28 October (in England): Juliet Hulme, convicted murderer.
• 15 November: Peter Sinclair, radio and television host.
• 24 November: Wynne Bradburn, cricketer.
• 1 December: Bill Playle, cricketer.
• 2 December, Jonathan Hunt, politician and diplomat.
• 17 December: Peter Snell, athlete.

• Colin Beyer, lawyer and businessman.
• Ian Lawrence, mayor of Wellington.

Category:1938 births

[edit] Deaths

• 10 February: Sir Frederic Truby King, director of child welfare

• Alfred Brandon, mayor of Wellington.
• James Whyte Kelly, politician.

Category:1938 deaths

[edit] References

[edit] 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 1938 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1938