1903 in New Zealand

none November 2019 1903 The following lists events that happened during 1903 in New Zealand. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – Edward VII Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMGStatistics 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 – Vacant until 11 September, then 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 – Alfred Kidd then Edwin Mitchelson Mayor of Wellington – John Aitken Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Wigram Mayor of Dunedin – James Park then Thomas Scott Events January February March April June July August September 26 September – New Zealand is the first country in the world to pass a Wireless Telegraphy Act.Ministry of EconomicDevelopment: Celebrating 100 Years of Wireless October November December Arts and literature See 1903 in art, 1903 in literature Music See: 1903 in music Film A Message from Mars Sport Boxing The Bantamweight division is included in the national championships for the first time. National amateur champions Heavyweight – H. Taylor (Greymouth) Middleweight – J. Griffin (Invercargill) Lightweight – A. Farquharson (Dunedin) Featherweight – A. Parker (Christchurch) Bantamweight – J. Pearce (Christchurch) Chess National Champion: J.C. Grierson of Auckland.List of New Zealand Chess Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm 14 October 2008 Golf The 11th National Amateur Championships were held in Napier 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: Kurepo Tareha (Napier) Women: A. E Pearce Horse racing Harness racing Auckland Trotting Cup: Plain G Auckland 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 1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia Soccer Provincial league champions:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999 Auckland: YMCA Auckland Otago: Northern Wellington: Wellington St. John's Births 30 January: Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster.Davidson Allan K. 4S16 Scrimgeour, Colin Graham 29 June 2011 6 February: Jack Dunning, cricketer 21 February: P. H. Matthews, politician 11 March: George Dickinson, cricketer 11 March: Ronald Syme, historian 21 March: Frank Sargeson, writer 28 March: Merton Hodge, west-end playwright 23 April: John Stewart, politician. 10 June: Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet. 6 July: Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, academic. 4 August: Charles Bateson, historian and writer 2 November: Anna Lois White, painter 15 November: Stewie Dempster, cricketer Deaths 7 March: John Studholme, politician and farmer (born 1829). 23 April: William Travers, politician (born 1819). 11 June: Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician. 7 July: Agnes Harrold, hotel manager, foster parent, nurse and midwifeAgnes Harrold Maida Barlow 1h10 8 November 2016 30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player (born 1862). 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 1903 in yes