1885 in New Zealand

← 1884 1883 1882 1885 in New Zealand → 1886 1887 1888
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1885 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Queen Victoria
• Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois.

Government and law

The 9th New Zealand Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Maurice O'Rorke.
• Premier – Robert Stout
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – William Waddel
• Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Hulbert
• Mayor of Dunedin – Arthur Scoular followed by John Barnes
• Mayor of Wellington – George Fisher

Events

• 1 June: The Cambridge News starts publication. It is produced three times a week. ^[1] The newspaper closed in 1889. ^[2]
• 1 August: The New Zealand Industrial Exhibition opens in Wellington ^[3]

Sport

Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Fusilade
• New Zealand Derby winner: Stonyhurst
• Auckland Cup winner: Nelson (Australian owned)
• Wellington Cup winner: Mahaki

see also Category:Horse racing in New Zealand.

Rowing

The Wellington Rowing Club is formed in Wellington. ^[4]

Rugby union

The Nelson union is formed. ^[5] It is now part of the Tasman Rugby Union.

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Lucas (Thames)

Births

• 24 February: Charles Cotton , geologist.
• 8 September: Robert Laidlaw , businessman.

Deaths

• 12 June: John Sheehan , politician.
• Full date unknown:
  • William John Larkin , New Zealand priest, Irish nationalist and newspaper proprietor ^[6]

See also

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

References

General

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN   1-86958-879-7

Specific

1. "SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885". Te Aroha News. 30 May 1885.
2. "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
3. "The 1885 New Zealand Industrial Exhibition - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa" . Retrieved 26 April 2012.
4. "History of Wellington Rowing Club". Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
5. Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN   0-908570-00-7
6. Vaney, Neil. "William John Larkin". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

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