1908 in New Zealand

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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 6.2 Billiards 6.3 Chess 6.4 Golf 6.5 Horse racing 6.5.1 Harness racing 6.5.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.6 Olympic Games]] 6.7 Rugby league 6.8 Rugby union 6.9 Soccer 6.10 Tennis 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] 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.

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] 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.

[edit] December

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

• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Arts and literature

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

[edit] Music

See: 1908 in music

[edit] Film

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

[edit] Appointments and awards

See:

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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Boxing

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)

[edit] Billiards

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

• National Champion: J. Ryan (Auckland)

[edit] Chess

• The 21st National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by of A.W.O. Davies of Wellington, his second title. ^[4]

[edit] Golf

• The second New Zealand Open championship was held at Balmacewen golf club and was won by 19-year old professional J.A. Clements ^[5]
• The 16th National Amateur Championships were held in Otago ^[6]
  • Men: H.C. Smith (Otago)
  • Women: Miss ? Christie

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Durbar ^[7]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Scotia ^[8]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Rugby union

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

[edit] Soccer

Provincial league champions: ^[9]

• Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
• Canterbury: Christchurch Club
• Otago: Northern Dunedin
• Southland: Murihiku
• Taranaki: Hawera
• Wellington: Diamond Wellington

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Deaths

• 20 May: Albert Henry Baskerville, rugby league pioneer

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

Category:1908 deaths

[edit] 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

[edit] References