1905 in New Zealand

none November 2019 1905 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 KCVOStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52 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).http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html 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 Main centre leaders Municipal elections are held on 27 April:http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19051230.2.60&e=-------10--1----0-all 1905. DIARY OF EVENTS. 155 30 December 1905 The Evening Post LXX 9 16 April 2010 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.http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/1001335a4603.html History in the making The Marlborough Express 6 July 2004 17 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080801153758/http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/1001335a4603.html 1 August 2008 live Arts and literature See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature 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.List of New Zealand national soccer matches 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 List of New Zealand Chess Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm 14 October 2008 Golf The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en Men's Golf – National Champions An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand McLintock A. H. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 13 February 2009 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.http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfWomens/NewZealandLadiesGolfUnion/en New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand McLintock A. H. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 6 April 2009 Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm 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 Auckland Trotting Cup: Le RosierAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211531/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm 17 June 2009 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:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999 13 May 2009 Auckland: Auckland Corinthians Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic Otago: Kaitangata FC Southland: Nightcaps Taranaki: Waitara Wellington: Diamond Wellington Births 10 January: R. A. K. Mason, poet. (d. 1971) 25 February: Iriaka Rātana, politician. (d. 1981) 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer (d. 1957) 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman. (d. 1994) 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer. (d. 1984) 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician. (d. 1980) 29 June: Oswald Denison, rower. (d. 1990) 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist (d. 1955) 3 September: John Mills, cricketer. (d. 1972) 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer. (d. 1961) 10 December: Neil Watson, politician. (d. 1990) Deaths :Category:1905 deaths Deaths in 1905 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.DNZB – Bendix Hallenstein 14 March: George Fisher, politician. 22 April: Mary Gabriel Gill, Catholic prioressMary Gabriel Gill Mary Augustine McCarthy 2g8 23 April 2017 6 June: Marion Hatton, suffragisthttp://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW19050614.2.65 Obituary Otago Witness 14 June 1905 25 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.http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/W/TeWhiti-o-rongomaiOrEruetiTeWhiti/TeWhiti-o-rongomaiOrEruetiTeWhiti/en 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 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 References External links 1905 in yes