1875 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1875 in New Zealand.
Incumbents[]
Regal and viceregal[]
- Head of State — Queen Victoria
- Governor — The Marquess of Normanby
Government and law[]
The 1875 general election begins on 29 December but does not finish until 4 January the following year. The election marks the end of the 5th New Zealand Parliament.
- Speaker of the House — The sitting Speaker, Sir Francis Dillon Bell, does not stand in the 1875 election at the end of the year. He will be replaced by Sir William Fitzherbet in 1876.
- Premier — Daniel Pollen becomes Premier on 6 July replacing Julius Vogel.
- Minister of Finance — Harry Atkinson takes over from Julius Vogel on 6 July.
- Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney retires and is replaced on 1 April by Hon Sir James Prendergast
Main centre leaders[]
- Mayor of Auckland — followed by Benjamin Tonks
- Mayor of Christchurch — Fred Hobbs
- Mayor of Dunedin — Andrew Mercer followed by Keith Ramsay
- Mayor of Wellington — William Sefton Moorhouse
Events[]
- Contract let for construction of the Rimutaka Incline railway using the Fell system.
Sport[]
Athletics[]
The first club in the country, the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club, holds its first meeting.[1]
Cricket[]
The Wellington Cricket Association is formed.[1]
Horse racing[]
- New Zealand Cup winner: Nectar
- New Zealand Derby winner: Daniel O’Rourke
- Auckland Cup winner: Kingfisher
- Wellington Cup winner: Tambourini
- see also Category:Horse races in New Zealand.
Rugby union[]
- Rugby union begins in Timaru, Temuka, Blenheim, Picton, Greymouth (with the formation of new clubs) and Napier where the club formed in 1874 adopted rugby rules.[2]
- A combined Auckland clubs team toured Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson and New Plymouth. They lost all matches, despite some of their opposition having only learned rugby rules for a few weeks in preparation for the tour – the Christchurch and Dunedin clubs had primarily been playing football (soccer).[2]
Shooting[]
Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Skinner (Auckland)
Births[]
- 19 January: Ethel Benjamin, first female lawyer in NZ.
- 23 March: Alexander Young, politician.
- 6 June: William Polson, politician.
- 25 July: Elsie Dohrmann, scholar, teacher and temperance campaigner[3]
- 7 November: Frank Milner, headmaster and educationalist.
Unknown date[]
- John Robertson, politician.
Deaths[]
- 15 March: William Turnbull Swan, politician (born 1828)
- 29 May: James Mackay, politician (born 1804).
- 31 July: Thomas Beckham, politician (born 1810)
- 8 August: William Tolmie, politician (born 1833).
- 12 August: John Parkin Taylor, politician (born 1812).
- 17 October: Archibald Clark, politician (born 1805).
- 23 December: Felix Wakefield, colonist (born 1807)
See also[]
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References[]
- General
- Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7
- Specific
- ^ a b Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
- ^ a b "RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL". from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ "Dohrmann, Elsie". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
External links[]
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