1909 in New Zealand

none December 2019 1909 The following lists events that happened during 1909 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 11th New Zealand Parliament commenced. Speaker of the House – Sir Arthur Guinness Prime Minister – Joseph Ward Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward Attorney-General – John Findlay Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – William Massey (independent until February and thereafter as leader of the Reform Party)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 – Arthur Myers then Charles Grey Mayor of Wellington – Alfred Newman Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Allison Mayor of Dunedin – John McDonald then James Walker Events 1 January: The Quackery Prevention Act 1908 becomes law, preventing false advertising in relation to ingredients, composition, structure, nature or operation of a medicine. March 2012 12 February: Inter-island steamer SS Penguin is wrecked at Cape Terawhiti in Cook Strait with the loss of 75 lives.Christchurch City Libraries 14 February: The first North Island Main Trunk passenger express train leaves Auckland for Wellington, an overnight trip scheduled to take 19 hours 15 minutes, with a sleeping car, day cars with reclining seats, postal/parcels vans, and a dining car for part of the way. Undated The Canterbury (NZ) Aero Club, the first in New Zealand, is formed by George Bolt.Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. 0-589-00905-2 Arts and literature See 1909 in art, 1909 in literature Music See: 1909 in music Film See: 1909 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1909 films Sport Boxing National amateur champions Heavyweight – M. Ryan (Invercargill) Middleweight – S. Monaghan (Ohakune) Welterweight – G. Watchorn (Palmerston North) Lightweight – J. Finnerty (Invercargill) Featherweight – J. Hagerty (Timaru) Bantamweight – C. Stewart (Timaru) Cricket Chess The 22nd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by F.K. Kelling 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 third New Zealand Open championship was won by J.A. Clements (his second consecutive win).History of NZ open: TVNZ The 17th National Amateur Championships were held in Aucklandhttp://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) – 6th title Women: Mrs ? Bevan. Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Wildwood Juniorhttp://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm List of NZ Trotting cup winners 7 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: HavocAuckland 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 league New Zealand national rugby league team Rugby union Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield only once, beating Taranaki 18–5 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 Canterbury: Burnham Industrial School Otago: Dunedin City Southland: Murihiku Taranaki: Kaponga Wellington: Wellington Swifts Tennis Anthony Wilding and Australian Norman Brookes, as the Australasian team, successfully defend the Davis Cup, beating the United States 5–0. The final is held in Sydney. Anthony Wilding wins the men's singles at the Australian Open. Births 15 April: Jack Watts, politician. (d. 1970) 18 April: Tom Skinner, politician, Federation of Labour president. (d. 1991) 20 May: Bill Pratney, cyclist. (d. 2001) 13 June: Ralph Hanan, politician. (d. 1969) 14 July: Brian Shorland, organic chemist. (d. 1999) 27 July: Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor. (d. 1973) 20 August: Alby Roberts, cricketer. (d. 1978) 15 September: Jean Batten, aviator. (d. 1982) 16 September: Rod MacKenzie, rugby union player (d. 2000) 31 October: Frank Bateson, astronomer. (d. 2007) 23 December: Don Cleverley, cricketer. (d. 2004) Deaths 14 February: Elsie Dohrmann, scholar, teacher and temperance campaignerDohrmann, Elsie https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2d12/dohrmann-elsie teara.govt.nz 12 November 2019 en 28 April: John Wilson (businessman), businessman and judge 7 August: Arthur Remington, politician 14 August: Samuel Brown, Mayor of Wellington. Maria Sophia Pope, shopkeeper and businesswoman.Maria Sophia Pope Jo-Anne Smith 1p24 23 April 2017 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 1909 in yes