1873 in New Zealand

none November 2019 July 2013 1873 The following lists events that happened during 1873 in New Zealand. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State — Queen Victoria Governor — Sir George Ferguson Bowen is transferred, on 19 March, to Australia to become Governor of Victoria. His replacement, The Rt. Hon Sir James Fergusson, takes up his appointment on 14 June. Government and law The 5th New Zealand Parliament continues. Speaker of the House — Sir Francis Dillon Bell Premier — William Fox, "caretaker" Premier since the sudden resignation of George Waterhouse on 3 March, steps down in favour of Julius Vogel on the latter's return to New Zealand on 8 April. Minister of Finance — Julius Vogel Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland — Philip Philips Mayor of Christchurch — Henry Sawtell followed by Edward B. Bishop Mayor of Dunedin — Henry Fish Mayor of Wellington — Joseph Dransfield Events 17 February: The Daily Southern Cross Newspaper prints a hoax report of a Russian invasion of Auckland.New Zealand History online: Today in history - 17 February 3 May: The New Zealand Tablet begins publication in Dunedin. The newspaper was published weekly by the Catholic Church until 1996. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NZT New Zealand Tablet 3 May 1873 – 30 December 1909 (1913 issues) National Library of New Zealand 23 June 2008 Late August: A cyclone hits the South Island east coast, wrecking several ships.Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 187–188. December: The Onehunga Branch railway line from Auckland to Onehunga (via Newmarket, Ellerslie, and Penrose) is opened.http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/r-c/chrono2.html Onehunga Dateline 11 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080720152955/http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/r-c/chrono2.html 20 July 2008 dead Sport Horse racing Major race winners New Zealand Cup: Kakapo New Zealand Derby: Rapapa Rugby union The Auckland and Thames football clubs adopt rugby union, having previously played association football.http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/R/RugbyUnionFootball/History/en RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 9 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090220161822/http://teara.govt.nz/1966/R/RugbyUnionFootball/History/en 20 February 2009 live North Shore rugby club founded. Shooting Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Hoskins (Thames) Births 17 February: Emily Hancock Siedeberg, New Zealand's first female medical graduate. 21 October (in New South Wales): Bob Semple, politician and unionist. 9 December (in Ireland): James McCombs, politician 18 December (in Tasmania): Edith Joan Lyttleton, writer. Unknown date Benjamin Sutherland, railway clerk, grocer, businessman and philanthropistBenjamin Sutherland Diana Beaglehole 4s56 23 April 2017 (in England): Lionel Terry, white supremacist, murderer. Deaths 6 or 7 August: Phillip Tapsell mariner, whaler and traderW. T. Parham, Tapsell, Phillip, from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 19-Jan-12 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. 1-86958-879-7 Specific External links 1873 in yes