1910 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1910 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
[edit]Regal and viceregal
[edit]- Head of State – Edward VII (until 6 May), succeeded by George V
- Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO, succeeded the same year by The Lord Islington GCMG GBE DSO PC[1]
Government
[edit]The 17th New Zealand Parliament continued.
- Speaker of the House – TBD
- Prime Minister – TBD
- Minister of Finance – TBD (Labour)
- Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Parliamentary opposition
[edit]Leader of the Opposition – William Massey (Reform Party).[2]
Main centre leaders
[edit]- Mayor of Auckland – Charles Grey then Lemuel Bagnall
- Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Wilford
- Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Allison
- Mayor of Dunedin – James Walker, then Thomas Cole
Events
[edit]- February – March: Field Marshal Kitchener tours New Zealand and makes a report to the Government on the defence of New Zealand.[3][4]
- 5 July: Herbert Pither reportedly makes a flight of "nearly a mile" at Riverton Beach.[5]
- Undated
- Aero Club of New Zealand is formed in Auckland.[5]
- Foundation of Eastwoodhill Arboretum at Ngatapa, Gisborne by William Douglas Cook
Arts and literature
[edit]See 1910 in art, 1910 in literature
Music
[edit]See: 1910 in music
Film
[edit]See: 1910 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand
Sport
[edit]Chess
[edit]The 23rd National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by J. Mason of Wellington.[6]
Golf
[edit]- The fourth New Zealand Open championship was held at Christchurch golf club and was won by amateur Arthur Duncan, his second win.[7]
- The 18th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch[8]
- Men: H.B. Lusk (Christchurch)
- Women: Miss ? Collins.
Horse racing
[edit]Harness racing
[edit]- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Wildwood Junior – 2nd win[9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Floranz[10]
Rugby league
[edit]- Great Britain tour of New Zealand – beat New Zealand 52–20 in Auckland
Rugby union
[edit]- Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against Hawkes Bay (11–3), Wellington (3–3), Taranaki (16–9) and Canterbury (6–4)
Soccer
[edit]Provincial league champions:[11]
- Auckland: Caledonian Auckland
- Canterbury: Burnham IS
- Otago: Northern Dunedin
- Southland: Nightcaps
- Taranaki: New Plymouth
- Wellington: Ramblers Wellington
Tennis
[edit]- Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship
Births
[edit]- 5 January: Jack Lovelock, athlete
- 10 February: Paul Whitelaw, cricketer
- 15 March: Norman Douglas, politician.
- 27 March: Freda Stark, dancer
- 11 April: Mountford T. "Toss" Woollaston, painter and writer
- 4 July: Peter McIntyre, painter
- 11 August: James Munro Bertram, writer and Rhodes scholar.
- 11 August: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer
- 8 October: Gordon Innes, rugby union and rugby league player
- 18 December: Eric Tindill, cricket and rugby union player
- 24 December, William Hayward Pickering, space scientist
- 28 December: Jack Kerr, cricketer
- Full date unknown:
- Harold Wilfred Youren, lawyer, farmer, farmers’ advocate and peace campaigner (d. 1983)[12]
Deaths
[edit]- 14 May: Frederick Baume, politician.
- 28 April: Arthur Beauchamp, politician.
- 17 May: Thomas Hocken, collector and bibliographer.
- 1 June: Richard Reeves, politician.
- 16 July: Richard Hobbs, politician.
- 27 November: Richard Oliver, politician
See also
[edit]- History of New Zealand
- List of years in New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
References
[edit]- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "Kitchener and the Parkers go to Rotorua". Papers Past. 1910.
- ^ "Kitchener and the Parkers go to Rotorua". Papers Past. 1910.
- ^ a b Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ History of NZ open: TVNZ
- ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- ^ Curham, B. Dale. "Harold Wilfred Youren". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
External links
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