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1874 in New Zealand

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Other events of 1874Timeline of New Zealand history

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State — Queen Victoria
  • Governor — The Rt. Hon Sir James Fergusson resigns and is replaced by The Marquess of Normanby

    • Government and law

    The 5th New Zealand Parliament continues.

    Contents

  • Speaker of the House — Sir Francis Dillon Bell
  • Premier — Julius Vogel.
  • Minister of Finance — Julius Vogel
  • Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney

    • Main centre leaders

  • Mayor of Auckland — Philip Philips followed by Henry Isaacs followed by Frederick Prime
  • Mayor of Christchurch — Michael Brennan Hart followed by Fred Hobbs
  • Mayor of Dunedin — Henry Fish followed by Andrew Mercer
  • Mayor of Wellington — Charles Borlase

    • Events

  • 5 January: The Poverty Bay Herald begins publishing in Gisborne. It is initially bi-weekly. The paper changed its name to The Gisborne Herald in 1939, and continues to publish as a daily today.
  • 15 January: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, first published in 1842, produces its last issue.
  • 30 June: The Wellington Independent publishes its final issue, and is replaced by The New Zealand Times. The newspaper started in 1845.
  • The Marlborough Times begins publication bi-weekly, and absorbs The Marlborough News. It became a daily in 1882. The Marlborough Express bought it in 1895 and closed it in 1905.
  • The Marine Department employs Capt. B.A. Edwin to provide weather maps and forecasts to ships, establishing New Zealand's first weather service.

    • Horse racing

  • 25 May — Recorded by some sources as the date of first race meeting at Ellerslie.(see also 1857)
  • The Auckland Cup is established at Ellerslie Racecourse.
  • The Wellington Cup becomes an annual race. The first winner of which evidence survives is recorded.

    • Major race winners

  • New Zealand Cup: Tambourini
  • New Zealand Derby: Tadmor
  • Auckland Cup: Templeton
  • Wellington Cup: Castaway

    • Rugby union

  • Rugby union spreads quickly, with many new clubs being formed: Ngaruawahia, Hamilton, Cambridge, New Plymouth (Taranaki club) Hawera (Egmont club), Parnell, Grafton, Ponsonby, and Mount Hobson. Rugby was also taken up at Auckland College and Auckland Grammar School.

    • Shooting

    Ballinger Belt: Captain Skinner (Waiuku Rifles)

    Births

  • 8 February: Edmund Anscombe, architect.
  • 20 September: George Smith, athlete and rugby player.

    • Deaths

  • 22 April: Thomas Brunner, surveyor and explorer.

    • References

    1874 in New Zealand Wikipedia
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