1904 in New Zealand

none November 2019 1904 The following lists events that happened during 1904 in New Zealand. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – Edward VII Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG, succeeded the same year by The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVOStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52 Government The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party. 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 Mayor of Auckland – Edwin Mitchelson Mayor of Wellington – John Aitken then Thomas Hislop Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Wigram then Charles Gray Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Scott, then Thomas Christie Events 13 January: Portobello Marine Laboratory opens, initially as a fish hatchery 17 March: The New Zealand Horticultural Trades Association is founded in Normanby.The New Zealand Book of Events 1986 Reed Methuen Auckland 047400123 7 154 9 August: A magnitude 7.0-7.2 earthquake strikes Cape Turnagain, causing one death. September: The Canterbury Steam Shipping Co is founded in Christchurch.The New Zealand Book of Events 1986 Reed Methuen Auckland 047400123 7 88 15 November: The Waikato Independent begins publishing in Cambridge. The newspaper became the Cambridge Independent in 1966. It closed in 1995.http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Npapers/WaikCbInde/indefront.htm Waikato Independent Cambridge Museum 21 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20120606022626/http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Npapers/WaikCbInde/indefront.htm 6 June 2012 dead Arts and literature See 1904 in art, 1904 in literature, :Category:1904 books Music See: 1904 in music Sport Association football A New South Wales representative team tours, playing a New Zealand team in Dunedin and Wellington. These are the first recognised matches by a New Zealand national football team.List of New Zealand national soccer matches 23 July, Dunedin: NZ loses 0–1 30 July, Wellington: Draw 3–3 Boxing National amateur champions Heavyweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth) Middleweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth) Lightweight – T. Rickards (Christchurch) Featherweight – J. Watson (Christchurch) Bantamweight – J. Gosling (Wellington) Chess The 17th National Chess championship was held in Wellington. The champion was W.E. Mason of Wellington.List of New Zealand Chess Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm 14 October 2008 Golf The 12th National Amateur Championships were held in Otago 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: A.H. Fisher (Otago) Women: Miss E. Lewis Horse racing Harness racing The inaugural running of the New Zealand Trotting Cup is won by Monte Carlo 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: Rebel BoyAuckland 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 Rugby union Wellington defeat Auckland 6-3, becoming the first challenger to win the Ranfurly Shield. Wellington defend the Ranfurly shield against Canterbury (6–3) and Otago (15–13). Soccer Provincial league champions:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999 Auckland: Auckland Corinthians Otago: Northern Southland: Nightcaps Taranaki: New Plymouth Wellington: Diamond Wellington Births 2 February: A. R. D. Fairburn, poet. (died 1957)Te Ara 7 February: Morton Coutts, invented the continuous fermentation method of brewing beer. (died 2004) 11 February: Keith Holyoake, politician and 26th Prime Minister. (died 1983)http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HolyoakeRightHonKeithJackaCh/HolyoakeRightHonKeithJackaCh/en Te Ara 11 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080209225010/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HolyoakeRightHonKeithJackaCh/HolyoakeRightHonKeithJackaCh/en 9 February 2008 dead 12 March: Ken James, cricketer. (died 1976)Cricinfo 13 July: Jim Burrows, teacher, sportsman, administrator, and military leader (died 1991)Gordon Ogilvie Gordon Ogilvie Burrows, James Thomas Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 2000 Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5b52/burrows-james-thomas 15 December 2022 December 16, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221216045819/https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5b52/burrows-james-thomas live 24 December: Thomas O'Halloran, Australian Rules footballer. (died 1956) :Category:1904 births Deaths 5 January: William Walker, politician and speaker of the Legislative Council (b. 1837). 11 February: George Lumsden, politician (b. 1815). 22 February: James Nairn, painter (b. 1859) 16 April: Charles Edward Haughton, politician (b. 1827). 2 October: Thomas Ellison, rugby player (b. c1867). 11 December: Octavius Hadfield, Anglican Primate of New Zealand (b. 1814). Tamati Ngakaho, a Ngāti Porou carver.Tamati Ngakaho Steven Oliver 2n11 23 April 2017 :Category:1904 deaths 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 1904 in yes