1905 in New Zealand
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State - Edward VII
- Governor - The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO [1]
Government
The Liberal Party are 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
Municipal elections are held on 27 April:[3]
- Mayor of Auckland - Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
- Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch - Charles 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.[4]
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
Sport
Association football
- The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.[5]
- 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 is 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 is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies [6]
Golf
- The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland [7]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) - 4th title
- Women: Miss A. Stephenson
- Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.[8]
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark [9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Le Rosier [10]
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:[11]
- Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
- Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic
- Otago: Kaitangata FC
- Southland: Nightcaps
- Taranaki: Waitara
- Wellington: Diamond Wellington
Births
- 10 January: R. A. K. Mason, poet.
- 25 February: Iriaka Matiu Ratana, politician.
- 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
- 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
- 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician.
- 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
- 29 October: 'John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.
- John Guthrie journalist and novelist
Category:1905 births
Deaths
- 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.[12]
- 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
- 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.[13]
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 the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ↑ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ "1905. DIARY OF EVENTS.". Evening Post LXX (155). 30 December 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ "History in the making". The Marlborough Express. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ↑ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Mens' Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ↑ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ↑ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ↑ DNZB - Bendix Hallenstein
- ↑ Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
External links
Media related to 1905 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
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