1906 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1906 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

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

Government

• Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
• Prime Minister – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6 August), then Joseph Ward (all Liberal)
• Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6 August), then Joseph Ward
• Attorney-General – Albert Pitt (until 18 Nov) then John Findlay (both Liberal)
• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Arthur Myers
• Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray then John Hall
• Mayor of Dunedin – Joseph Braithwaite then George Lawrence

Events

April

• 25 April
  • The 1906 Auckland City mayoral election is held.
  • The 1906 Wellington City mayoral election is held.

June

• 10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon dies suddenly in office, ending a 13-year premiership.

• The 1906 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election is held.

July

• 13 July: The 1906 Westland by-election is held.

August

• 6 August: Joseph Ward is sworn in as prime minister, taking over from acting prime minister William Hall-Jones.

November

• 1 November: The International Exhibition begins in Hagley Park, Christchurch.

December

• 6 December: The 1906 Manukau by-election is held.

Arts and literature

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature

Music

See: 1906 in music

Film

See: Category:1906 film awards, 1906 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1906 films

Sport

Boxing

National amateur champions

• Heavyweight – E. Pearson (Wellington)
• Middleweight – A. Nash (Christchurch)
• Lightweight – R. Mayze (Christchurch)
• Featherweight – J. Godfrey (Auckland)
• Bantamweight – B. Tracy (Wellington)

Chess

• The 19th National Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.J. Barnes of Wellington, his 5th title. ^[3]

Golf

The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch ^[4]

• Men: S.H. Gollan (Napier) – 2nd title
• Women: Mrs Bidwell – 2nd title

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Belmont M. ^[5]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Typewriter ^[6]

Rugby

• Ranfurly Shield – Auckland successfully defend the shield all season, with wins against Canterbury (29–6), Taranaki (18–5), Southland (48–12) and Wellington (11–5).

Soccer

Provincial league champions: ^[7]

• Auckland: North Shore AFC
• Canterbury: Christchurch Club
• Otago: Northern
• Southland: Nightcaps
• Taranaki: Eltham
• Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Tennis

• Anthony Wilding wins both the singles and doubles (with Rodney Heath) titles at the Australian Open.

Births

• 19 January: Robin Hyde , poet and novelist
• 27 February: Mal Matheson , cricketer
• 5 April: Ted Morgan , Olympic boxer
• 4 July: Leo Lemuel White , photographer, photojournalist, aviator, publisher and writer ^[8]
• 8 August: John Hutton , artist

Category:1906 births

Deaths

• 26 January: Fred Sutton , politician.
• 10 June: Richard Seddon , 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
• 28 June: Jacob William Heberley , carver. ^[9]
• 6 August: George Waterhouse , 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)
• 21 September: Joseph Dransfield , Mayor of Wellington and politician.
• 29 October; Henry Jackson , politician
• 18 November: Albert Pitt , politician.

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

1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
3. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
4. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
5. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
6. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
7. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
8. Watling, Amy (19 June 2019). "The view from above". natlib.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
9. Neich, Roger. "Jacob William Heberley". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 1 December 2011.

External links

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