1924 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1924 in New Zealand.

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – George V
  • Governor-General – John Jellicoe, Viscount Jellicoe until 26 November, then Sir Charles Fergusson from 13 December[1]

  • George V

  • Viscount Jellicoe

  • Sir Charles Fergusson

Government[]

The 21st New Zealand Parliament continues. The Reform Party governs as a minority with the support of independents.

  • Charles Statham

  • William Massey

  • Francis Bell

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Thomas Wilford

Judiciary[]

  • Robert Stout

Main centre leaders[]

  • James Gunson

  • Robert Wright

  • James Flesher

  • Harold Tapley

Events[]

  • 29 September – The first trolleybus route in Wellington is inaugurated[3]
  • 17 November – HMS Torch hits a rock in the Chatham Islands, and is subsequently beached and abandoned[4]
  • Undated – Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward', later to become the main commercial cultivar of kiwifruit, is first grown

Arts and literature[]

See 1924 in art, 1924 in literature Category:1924 books

Music[]

See: 1924 in music

Broadcasting[]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[]

See: 1924 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1924 films

Sport[]

Chess[]

  • The 33rd National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney.[5]

Football[]

  • The 2nd Chatham Cup is won by Harbour Board (Auckland)
  • A Chinese Universities football team tours New Zealand, including four matches against the national team:[6]
    • 16 August, at Auckland: New Zealand win 2–1
    • 23 August, at Wellington: draw 2–2
    • 6 September, at Dunedin: New Zealand win 5–3
    • 13 September, at Christchurch: New Zealand win 4–2
  • Provincial league champions:[7]
    • Auckland – Harbour Board
    • Canterbury – Sunnyside
    • Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
    • Nelson – Athletic
    • Otago – Seacliff
    • South Canterbury – Albion Rovers
    • Southland – Corinthians
    • Taranaki – Kaponga
    • Wanganui – YMCA
    • Wellington – YMCA

Golf[]

  • The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ernie Moss, with an aggregate of 301.[8]
  • The 28th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland (men) and Hamilton (women)[9][10]
    • Men – L. Quin (Eltham)
    • Women – Mrs Peake (Cambridge)

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup – Sheik[11]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup – Locanda Mac[12]

Thoroughbred racing[]

Lawn bowls[]

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[14]

  • Men's singles champion – W. Carswell (Taieri Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – James Angus, J. A. Redpath (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – W. Ure, H. S. Hill, C. G. Maher, Bill Bremner (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland)

Olympic games[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1924 Summer Olympics
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
0 0 1 1
  • New Zealand sends a team of four competitors across three sports
  • Arthur Porritt wins the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres

Rugby league[]

  • New Zealand host the touring Great Britain team, winning the test series 2–1
    • 1st test, at Dunedin, lose 18–31
    • 2nd test, at Wellington, win 13–11
    • 3rd test, at Auckland, win 16–8

Rugby union[]

Wrestling[]

  • Ike Robin is recognised as New Zealand's first wrestling champion

Births[]

January[]

  • 5 January – Ivan Wyatt, cricketer
  • 11 January – Rex Cunningham, rugby league player
  • 13 January – Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon
  • 15 January
    • Barbara Angus, diplomat, historian
    • George Lowe, mountaineer and explorer
  • 21 January
    • Bill Andersen, trade unionist
    • Ronald Sinclair, actor, film editor
  • 22 January – Ortvin Sarapu, chess player
  • 27 January
  • 28 January – Wharetutu Stirling, Ngāi Tahu leader, conservationist

February[]

  • 14 February
  • 24 February – Jack Forrest, rugby league player
  • 27 February – John Shanahan, swimmer
  • 29 February – David Beattie, jurist, sports administrator, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand

March[]

  • 5 March – Nau Cherrington, rugby union player
  • 6 March – Percy Murphy, politician, first Māori mayor
  • 7 March
  • 9 March – Warren Sinclair, radiation science and medicine expert
  • 10 March – Peter Stichbury, potter
  • 22 March – Grace Gooder, cricketer
  • 24 March – Norm Holland, jockey
  • 26 March – Josie Yelas, netball player
  • 29 March – Haydn Sherley, broadcaster
  • 31 March – Joan de Hamel, children's writer

April[]

  • 1 April – John Morton, marine zoologist, theologian, conservationist
  • 2 April – Lauris Edmond, poet and writer
  • 3 April – Errol Brathwaite, writer
  • 18 April – Tiny White, equestrian
  • 30 April
    • Richard Giese, flautist
    • Mervyn Probine, physicist, public servant

May[]

June[]

  • 2 June – Pat Evison, actor
  • 3 June – Ken Armstrong, association footballer
  • 7 June – Bob Tizard, politician
  • 8 June – Ian Colquhoun, cricketer
  • 9 June – John Scott, architect
  • 14 June
    • David Ballantyne, journalist, writer
    • Miriam Dell, women's advocate

July[]

  • 7 July – D. P. O'Connell, barrister, legal academic
  • 15 July
    • Bub Bridger, poet and short story writer
    • Brian Sutton-Smith, writer and play theorist
  • 23 July – Betty Bourke, politician, health administrator
  • 25 July
  • 26 July – Ces Renwick, cricketer
  • 28 July

August[]

  • 1 August – Peter Smith, rugby union player
  • 2 August – Ainsley Iggo, neurophysiologist
  • 7 August – Alan Wilkinson, association footballer
  • 13 August – John Rymer, Anglican cleric
  • 22 August – Pat O'Connor, professional wrestler
  • 23 August
  • 28 August
  • 31 August – Don Beaven, medical researcher

September[]

  • 3 September – John Ingram, mechanical engineer, businessman
  • 4 September – Lory Blanchard, rugby league player and coach
  • 5 September – Nick Carter, cyclist
  • 6 September – Hugh Poole, sailor
  • 8 September – Frank Holmes, economist
  • 15 September – Rex Challies, cricketer
  • 17 September – Les Watt, cricketer
  • 23 September – Peggy Hay, designer
  • 24 September – Sammy Guillen, cricketer
  • 27 September – Louis Johnson, poet
  • 30 September – Trevor Hatherton, geophysicist

October[]

  • 5 October – Victor Brooker, cricketer
  • 11 October – Arthur Hughes, rugby union player, businessman, horse racing administrator
  • 19 October – Keith Gudsell, rugby union player
  • 30 October – Roy McLennan, politician

November[]

December[]

  • 2 December – Brian Poananga, sportsman, military leader, diplomat
  • 5 December – Gavin Downie, politician
  • 7 December – Jimmy Haig, rugby union and rugby league player
  • 12 December
  • 23 December – Len Castle, potter
  • 26 December – Leonard Kent, cricketer
  • 28 December – Loo-Chi Hu, marine equipment designer, t'ai chi teacher
  • 29 December
  • 30 December – Joe Phillips, rugby league player

Deaths[]

January–March[]

  • 5 January – Mary Player, midwife, feminist, social reformer (born c.1857)
  • 6 January – Henry Hill, cricketer (born 1845)
  • 19 January – Frances Parker, suffragette (born 1875)
  • 24 January – Acton Adams, politician (born 1843)
  • 27 January – William Gardiner, cricketer (born 1864)
  • 2 February
  • 11 February – Arthur Lomas, cricketer (born 1895)
  • 17 February – James Tibbs, schoolteacher (born 1855)
  • 22 February – Mary Dawson, farmer, environmentalist (born 1833)
  • 24 February – Joseph Borton, cricketer (born 1832)
  • 1 March – Elizabeth Parsons, singer (born 1846)
  • 4 March – Gilbert Carson, politician (born 1842)
  • 6 March – Grace Joel, artist (born 1865)
  • 10 March – George Bourne, photographer (born 1875)
  • 17 March – Martin Chapman, cricketer, barrister, politician (born 1846)

April–June[]

  • 3 April – Alfred Newman, politician (born 1849)
  • 19 April – Charles Louisson, politician (born 1842)
  • 7 May – Alfred Luttrell, architect and building contractor (born 1865)
  • 9 May – James Mason, doctor, bacteriologist, public health administrator (born 1864)
  • 19 May – Joseph Pabst, cricketer (born 1870)

July–September[]

  • 17 July – William Davidson, pioneer of refrigerated shipping (born 1846)
  • 19 July – Sir Walter Buchanan. politician (born 1838)
  • 25 July – Lawrence Birks, electrical engineer (born 1874)
  • 10 August – Edward Wakefield, politician (born 1845)
  • 19 August – Alfred Baldey, politician (born 1836)
  • 17 September – Richard Vincent, cricketer (born 1846)
  • 19 September – Sir John Salmond, legal academic, public servant, jurist (born 1862)
  • 27 September – Thomson Leys, journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor, philanthropist (born 1850)

October–December[]

  • 18 October – Walter Mason, cricketer (born 1847)
  • 23 October – Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa, politician (born c.1842)
  • 13 November – Charles Boxshall, cricketer (born 1862)
  • 27 November – Joseph Grimmond, politician (born 1843)
  • 15 December – Paratene Ngata, Ngāti Porou leader, politician (born c.1849)
  • 19 December – William Maslin, politician (born 1850)

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. ^ Blee, Ian (November 1978). "Under Two Wires in New Zealand, Part 3 – Wellington". Trolleybus Magazine No. 103, p. 137. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  4. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 465.
  5. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  7. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  8. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  9. ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Golf, men's – New Zealand amateur champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. ^ "The golf final: victory for Mrs Peake". Waikato Times. 26 September 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  12. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  14. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

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