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1903 in New Zealand

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Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State - Edward VII
  • Governor - The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG

    • Government

    The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.

    Contents

  • Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
  • Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
  • Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon

    • Parliamentary opposition

  • Leader of the Opposition - Vacant until 11 September, then William Massey, (Independent).

    • 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

    • September

    26 September - New Zealand is the first country in the world to pass a Wireless Telegraphy Act.

    Arts and literature

    See 1903 in art, 1903 in literature, Category:1903 books

    Music

    See: 1903 in music

    Film

  • A Message from Mars

    • 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.

    Golf

    The 11th National Amateur Championships were held in Napier

  • Men: Kurepo Tareha (Napier)
  • Women: A. E Pearce

    • Harness racing

  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Plain G

    • Rugby union

  • 1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

    • Soccer

    Provincial league champions:

  • Auckland: YMCA Auckland
  • Otago: Northern
  • Wellington: Wellington St. John's

    • Births

  • 30 January: Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster.
  • 6 February: Jack Dunning, cricketer
  • 11 March: George Dickinson, cricketer
  • 11 March: Ronald Syme, historian
  • 21 March: Frank Sargeson, writer
  • 28 March: Merton Hodge, west-end playwright
  • 4 August: Charles Bateson, historian and writer
  • 2 November: Anna Lois White, painter
  • 15 November: Stewie Dempster, cricketer
  • Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, academic.
  • Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet.
  • John Stewart, politician.

    • Category:1903 births

    Deaths

  • 30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player.

    • Category:1903 deaths

    References

    1903 in New Zealand Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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