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1905 in New Zealand

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See also:
  
Other events of 1905Timeline of New Zealand history

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State - Edward VII
  • Governor - The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO

    • Government

    The Liberal Party are re-elected and formed the 16th New Zealand Parliament.

    Contents

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

    • Parliamentary opposition

  • Leader of the Opposition - William Massey, (Independent).

    • Main centre leaders

    Municipal elections are held on 27 April:

  • Mayor of Auckland - Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
  • Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
  • Mayor of Christchurch - Charles Gray
  • Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Christie - then Joseph Braithwaite

    • Events

  • The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.

    • Arts and literature

    See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature, Category:1905 books

    Music

    See: 1905 in music

    Film

    See: Category:1905 film awards, 1905 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1905 films

    Association football

  • The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.
  • 10 June vs Wellington in Wellington (pre-tour warm-up)
  • 17 June, Sydney: Lost 2-3 vs Metropolitan Association
  • 21 June, Sydney: Won 8-3 vs Wednesday Association
  • 24 June, Sydney: Won 6-4 vs New South Wales
  • 28 June, Sydney: Lost 2-3 vs Navy
  • 1 July, Sydney: Lost 0-2 vs New South Wales
  • 5 July, Newcastle: Won 5-4 vs Northern Districts
  • 8 July, Newcastle: Won 1-0 vs Northern Districts
  • 12 July, Sydney: Won 6-2 vs Granville
  • 15 July, Wollongong: Drew 3-3 vs South Coast
  • 19 July, Sydney: Won 5-0 vs Metropolitan Association
  • 22 July, Sydney: Drew 1-1 vs New South Wales

    • This is the last NZ representative team until 1922.

    National amateur champions

  • Heavyweight - W. Robertson (Ashburton)
  • Middleweight - A. Leckie (Dunedin)
  • Lightweight - G. Williams (Palmerston North)
  • Featherweight - J. Morris (Dunedin)
  • Bantamweight - E. Baird (Christchurch)

    • Chess

    The 18th National Chess championship is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies

    Golf

  • The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland
  • Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) - 4th title
  • Women: Miss A. Stephenson
  • Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.

    • Harness racing

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Le Rosier

    • Rugby

  • Ranfurly Shield - Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3-3) and Hawkes Bay (11-3) before losing to Auckland (6-10).

    • Soccer

    Provincial league champions:

  • Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
  • Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic
  • Otago: Kaitangata FC
  • Southland: Nightcaps
  • Taranaki: Waitara
  • Wellington: Diamond Wellington

    • Births

  • 10 January: R. A. K. Mason, poet.
  • 25 February: Iriaka Matiu Ratana, politician.
  • 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
  • 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
  • 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician.
  • 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
  • 29 October: 'John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.
  • John Guthrie journalist and novelist

    • Category:1905 births

    Deaths

  • 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.
  • 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
  • 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.

    • Category:1905 deaths

    References

    1905 in New Zealand Wikipedia
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