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.
- Speaker of the House – Charles Statham
- Prime Minister – William Massey
- Minister of Finance – William Massey
- Minister of External Affairs – Francis Bell
Charles Statham
William Massey
Francis Bell
Parliamentary opposition[]
- Leader of the Opposition – Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party)[2]
Thomas Wilford
Judiciary[]
- Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Robert Stout
Main centre leaders[]
- Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson
- Mayor of Wellington – Robert Wright
- Mayor of Christchurch – James Flesher
- Mayor of Dunedin – Harold Tapley
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[]
Thoroughbred racing[]
- New Zealand Cup – Sunart[13]
- Auckland Cup – Te Kara[13]
- Wellington Cup – Loughrea[13]
- New Zealand Derby – Count Cavour[13]
- ARC Great Northern Derby – Ballymena
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[]
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[]
- The All Blacks tour the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada between September 1924 and February 1925, winning all 32 games, and earning the nickname The Invincibles
- The Ranfurly Shield is held and defended by Hawkes Bay all season
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
- Lyn Philp, boxer
- Hector Wilson, rugby union player
- 28 January – Wharetutu Stirling, Ngāi Tahu leader, conservationist
February[]
- 14 February
- Bos Murphy, boxer
- Reg Singer, association footballer
- 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
- J.G.A. Pocock, historian
- Brownie Puriri, public servant
- 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[]
- 1 May – Ted Johnson, rower
- 5 May – Frank Creagh, boxer
- 12 May – Malcolm Templeton, diplomat
- 22 May – Stella Casey, social campaigner
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
- Jim Beard, architect
- Peter Mann, Anglican bishop
- 26 July – Ces Renwick, cricketer
- 28 July
- Eric Fisher, cricketer
- William Fraser, politician
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
- Bahri Kavaja, association footballer
- Doug Mudgway, amateur wrestler
- 28 August
- Tony MacGibbon, cricketer
- Janet Frame, writer
- 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[]
- 2 December – Gerald O'Brien, politician
- 5 November – Geoff Smale, sailor
- 23 November
- Doug Coombes, mineralogist and petrologist
- Doug Dillon, jurist
- 28 November – Colin McLachlan, politician
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
- Neill Austin, politician
- Brown Turei, Anglican archbishop
- 23 December – Len Castle, potter
- 26 December – Leonard Kent, cricketer
- 28 December – Loo-Chi Hu, marine equipment designer, t'ai chi teacher
- 29 December
- Eve Poole, 41st Mayor of Invercargill
- Bob Vance, cricket player and administrator
- Ivan Walsh, association footballer, cricketer
- 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
- Daniel Claffey, cricketer (born 1869)
- John Duncan, politician (born 1848)
- 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[]
- History of New Zealand
- List of years in New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
References[]
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 465.
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The golf final: victory for Mrs Peake". Waikato Times. 26 September 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
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