1885 in New Zealand explained

The following lists events that happened during 1885 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Queen Victoria
• Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois.

Government and law

The 9th New Zealand Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Maurice O'Rorke.
• Premier – Robert Stout
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – William Waddel
• Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Hulbert
• Mayor of Dunedin – Arthur Scoular followed by John Barnes
• Mayor of Wellington – George Fisher

Events

• 1 June: The Cambridge News starts publication. It is produced three times a week.^[1] The newspaper closed in 1889.^[2]
• 1 August: The New Zealand Industrial Exhibition opens in Wellington^[3]

Sport

Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Fusilade
• New Zealand Derby winner: Stonyhurst
• Auckland Cup winner: Nelson (Australian owned)
• Wellington Cup winner: Mahaki

see also .

Rowing

The Wellington Rowing Club is formed in Wellington.^[4]

Rugby union

The Nelson union is formed.^[5] It is now part of the Tasman Rugby Union.

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Lucas (Thames)

Births

• 24 February: Charles Cotton, geologist.
• 8 September: Robert Laidlaw, businessman.

Deaths

• 12 June: John Sheehan, politician.
• Full date unknown:
  • William John Larkin, New Zealand priest, Irish nationalist and newspaper proprietor

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

General

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.

Specific

Notes and References

1. News: SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885. Te Aroha News. 30 May 1885.
2. Web site: Newspapers. Cambridge Museum. 21 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120705214420/http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Npapers/npfront.htm. 5 July 2012. dead.
3. Web site: The 1885 New Zealand Industrial Exhibition - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 26 April 2012.
4. Web site: History of Wellington Rowing Club . 4 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070904005217/http://www.wellingtonrowing.org.nz/history.html . 4 September 2007 . dead .
5. Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications.