1908 in New Zealand

1908 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2 Government 2.1 Parliamentary opposition 2.2 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Boxing (amateur) 6.1.1 National amateur champions 6.2 Billiards 6.2.1 National Champion 6.3 Horse racing 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Olympic Games 6.6 Rugby Union 6.7 Tennis 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Edward VII
• Governor - The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO ^[1]

Government

The 16th New Zealand Parliament, Liberal concluded but the Liberal Party retained in power following the 1908 General Election in November/December

• Speaker of the House - Sir Arthur Guinness
• Prime Minister - Joseph Ward
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward
• Attorney-General - John Findlay

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Arthur Myers
• Mayor of Hamilton - James Shiner Bond
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Payling then C. Allison
• Mayor of Dunedin - John Loudon then John McDonald

Events

January

• 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

• 7 August: First through passenger train on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, over temporary track north of Taonui, the 11-car Parliamentary Special carrying the Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward and other parliamentarians north to see the American Great White Fleet at Auckland.

September

October

November

• 6 November: The North Island Main Trunk Railway linking Wellington and Auckland is completed, with the last spike driven in by Prime Minister Joseph Ward at Manganui-o-te-Ao.
• 9 November: A two-day NIMT rail passenger service service starts, with an overnight stop at Ohakune.

December

• 2 December: Dunedin Public Library opens, aided by a grant from Andrew Carnegie.

• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

Arts and literature

See 1908 in art, 1908 in literature, Category:1908 books

Music

See: 1908 in music

Film

See: Category:1908 film awards , 1908 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1908 films

Appointments and awards

See:

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

Sport

Boxing (amateur)

The welterweight division is included in the national championships for the first time.

National amateur champions

• Heavyweight - M. Ryan (Invercargill)
• Middleweight - J. Smith (Auckland)
• Welterweight - R. Mayze (Christchurch)
• Lightweight - T. Metcalfe (Auckland)
• Featherweight - W. Elliott (Timaru)
• Bantamweight - J. Parker (Christchurch)

Billiards

The Auckland Sports Club, the national representative to the British Billiards Association, holds the first national championship.^[3]

National Champion

• J. Ryan (Auckland)

Horse racing

• Auckland Cup - All Red
• AJC Derby -
• CJC New Zealand Cup -
• New Zealand Trotting Cup - Durbar
• Wellington Cup -

Rugby league

• New Zealand national rugby league team tour of Great Britain:
  • lost to Wales, 9 - 8
  • 1st test: lost to Great Britain 8 - 5 at Cheltenham
  • 2nd test: beat Great Britain 18 - 6 at Chelsea
  • 3rd test: beat Great Britain 14 - 6 at leeds

Olympic Games

• New Zealanders compete at the Olympic Games for the first time, as part of the Australasian team. Harry Kerr becomes the first New Zealander to win an Olympic medal.

Rugby Union

• Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against Marlborough (32-0), Wellington (24-3), Taranaki (9-0) and Otago (11-5)

Tennis

• Anthony Wilding pairs with Australian Norman Brookes, as the Australasian team, to win the Davis Cup, beating the United States 3-2. The final is held in Melbourne.
• Anthony Wilding, partnered with Norman Brookes, wins the men's doubles at the Wimbledon Championship

Births

• 12 March: Rita Angus, painter.
• 2 June: Lindsay Weir, cricketer.
• 5 June: Les George, rugby player.
• 18 August: Bill Merritt, cricketer.
• 21 September: Charles Upham, double Victoria Cross winner.
• 25 September: Herbert Dudley Purves, medical researcher.
• 17 December: Sylvia Ashton-Warner, writer and educator.

• Fred Baker, soldier.

Category:1908 births

Deaths

• 20 May: Albert Henry Baskerville, rugby league pioneer

• Edward Connolly, politician.
• Henry Feldwick, politician.

Category:1908 deaths

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1908 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1908

References

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