1904 in New Zealand

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See also:
  • Other events of 1904
  • Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1904 in New Zealand.

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Edward VII
  • Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG, succeeded the same year by The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO [1]

Government[]

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

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).[2]

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

  • 13 January: Portobello Marine Laboratory opens, initially as a fish hatchery
  • 17 March: The New Zealand Horticultural Trades Association is founded in Normanby.[3]
  • September: The Canterbury Steam Shipping Co is founded in Christchurch.[4]
  • 15 November: The Waikato Independent begins publishing in Cambridge. The newspaper became the Cambridge Independent in 1966. It closed in 1995.[5]

Arts and literature[]

See 1904 in art, 1904 in literature, Category:1904 books

Music[]

See: 1904 in music

Sport[]

Association football[]

  • A New South Wales representative team tours, playing a New Zealand team in Dunedin and Wellington. These are the first recognised matches by a New Zealand national football team.[6]
    • 23 July, Dunedin: NZ loses 0–1
    • 30 July, Wellington: Draw 3–3

Boxing[]

National amateur champions

  • Heavyweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth)
  • Middleweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth)
  • Lightweight – T. Rickards (Christchurch)
  • Featherweight – J. Watson (Christchurch)
  • Bantamweight – J. Gosling (Wellington)

Chess[]

  • The 17th National Chess championship was held in Wellington. The champion was W.E. Mason of Wellington.[7]

Golf[]

The 12th National Amateur Championships were held in Otago [8]

  • Men: A.H. Fisher (Otago)
  • Women: Miss E. Lewis

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • The inaugural running of the New Zealand Trotting Cup is won by Monte Carlo [9]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Rebel Boy[10]

Rugby union[]

  • Wellington defeat Auckland 6-3, becoming the first challenger to win the Ranfurly Shield.
  • Wellington defend the Ranfurly shield against Canterbury (6–3) and Otago (15–13).

Soccer[]

Provincial league champions:[11]

  • Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
  • Otago: Northern
  • Southland: Nightcaps
  • Taranaki: New Plymouth
  • Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Births[]

  • 2 February: A. R. D. Fairburn, poet.[12]
  • 7 February:Morton Coutts – invented the continuous fermentation method of brewing beer.
  • 11 February: Keith Holyoake, politician and 26th Prime Minister.[13]
  • 12 March: Ken James, cricketer.[14]
  • 24 December: Thomas O'Halloran, Australian Rules footballer.

Category:1904 births

Deaths[]

  • 5 January: William Walker, politician and speaker of the Legislative Council (b. 1837).
  • 11 February: George Lumsden, politician (b. 1815).
  • 22 February: James Nairn, painter (b. 1859)
  • 16 April: Charles Edward Haughton, politician (b. 1827).
  • 2 October: Thomas Ellison, rugby player (b. c1867).
  • 11 December: Octavius Hadfield, Anglican Primate of New Zealand (b. 1814).

Category:1904 deaths

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. ^ The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. 1986. p. 154. ISBN 047400123 7.
  4. ^ The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. 1986. p. 88. ISBN 047400123 7.
  5. ^ "Waikato Independent". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  6. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  7. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  12. ^ Te Ara
  13. ^ "Te Ara". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  14. ^ Cricinfo

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