1905 in New Zealand explained

The following lists events that happened during 1905 in New Zealand.

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
• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

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

Music

See: 1905 in music

Film

See:, 1905 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

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]

Thoroughbred racing

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 Rātana, politician.
• 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer
• 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
• 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
• 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician.
• 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist
• 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
• 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.
• 10 December: Neil Watson, politician.

Deaths

• 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.^[12]
• 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
• 22 April: Mary Gabriel Gill, Catholic prioress
• 6 June: Marion Hatton, suffragist^[13]
• 27 June: Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe, Māori tribal leader, soldier and entrepreneur
• 20 October: John Thomas Peacock, businessman and politician
• 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.^[14]

See also

• 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

Notes and References

1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. Web site: Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition. 6 April 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081017200326/http://www1.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html. 17 October 2008. dead.
3. News: 1905. DIARY OF EVENTS.. 155. 30 December 1905. The Evening Post. LXX. 9. 16 April 2010.
4. Web site: History in the making . . 6 July 2004 . 17 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080801153758/http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/1001335a4603.html . 1 August 2008 . live .
5. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id164.htm List of New Zealand national soccer matches
6. http://www.poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm List of New Zealand Chess Champions
7. Web site: Men's Golf – National Champions. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. McLintock. A. H.. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 1966. 13 February 2009.
8. Web site: New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. McLintock. A. H.. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 1966. 6 April 2009.
9. Web site: List of NZ Trotting cup winners . 6 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm . 22 February 2012 . dead .
10. http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
11. Web site: New Zealand: List of champions. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. 13 May 2009 .
12. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=2H6 DNZB – Bendix Hallenstein
13. News: Obituary . . 14 June 1905 . 25.
14. Web site: Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 6 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090218123813/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/W/TeWhiti-o-rongomaiOrEruetiTeWhiti/TeWhiti-o-rongomaiOrEruetiTeWhiti/en . 18 February 2009 . dead .