1875 in New Zealand

1875 in New Zealand

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Athletics 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.5 Rowing 5.6 Rugby Union 5.7 Shooting 5.8 Tennis 6 Births 6.1 Unknown date 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State — Queen Victoria
• Governor — The Marquess of Normanby

Government and law

The 1875 general election begins on 29 December but does not finish until 4 January the following year. The election marks the end of the 5th Parliament.

• Speaker of the House — The sitting Speaker, Sir Francis Dillon Bell, does not stand in the 1875 election at the end of the year. He will be replaced by Sir William Fitzherbet in 1876.
• Premier — Daniel Pollen becomes Premier on 6 July replacing Julius Vogel.
• Minister of Finance — Harry Atkinson takes over from Julius Vogel on 6 July.
• Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney retires and is replaced on 1 April by Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland — Frederick Prime followed by Benjamin Tonks
• Mayor of Christchurch — Michael Brennan Hart followed by Frederick Hobbs
• Mayor of Dunedin — Andrew Mercer followed by Keith Ramsay
• Mayor of Wellington — William Sefton Moorhouse

Events

Arts and literature

Music

Appointments and awards

• Primate of New Zealand — Henry John Chitty Harper (Bishop of Christchurch)
• Bishop of Auckland — William Garden Cowie
• Bishop of Dunedin — Samuel Tarratt Nevill
• Bishop of Nelson — Andrew Burn Suter
• Bishop of Waiapu — William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington — Octavius Hadfield

Sport

Athletics

The first club in the country, the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club, holds its first meeting.^[1]

Cricket

The Wellington Cricket Association is formed.^[1]

Golf

Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Nectar
• New Zealand Derby winner: Daniel O’Rourke
• Auckland Cup winner: Kingfisher
• Wellington Cup winner: Tambourini

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

Rowing

Rugby Union

• Rugby union begins in Timaru, Temuka, Blenheim, Picton, Greymouth (with the formation of new clubs) and Napier where the club formed in 1874 adopted rugby rules.^[2]
• A combined Auckland clubs team toured Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson and New Plymouth. They lost all matches, despite some of their opposition having only learned rugby rules for a few weeks in preparation for the tour — the Christchurch and Dunedin clubs had primarily been playing football (soccer).^[2]

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Skinner (Auckland)

Tennis

Births

• 19 January: Ethel Benjamin, first female lawyer in NZ.

Unknown date

• William Polson, politician.
• John Robertson, politician.
• James Alexander Young, politician.

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 1875 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1875

References

General

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7

Specific

External links

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