1906 in New Zealand

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1906 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 April 2.5 June 2.6 July 2.7 August 2.8 September 2.9 October 2.10 November 2.11 December 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 3.2 Film 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Boxing 5.2 Chess 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.4.1 Harness racing 5.4.2 Thoroughbred racing 5.5 Rugby 5.6 Soccer 5.7 Tennis 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] 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)

[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 - C. M. Gray then John Hall
• Mayor of Dunedin - Joseph Braithwaite then George Lawrence

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature, Category:1906 books

[edit] Music

See: 1906 in music

[edit] Film

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

National amateur champions

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

[edit] Chess

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

[edit] Golf

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

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

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

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

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] 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).

[edit] Soccer

Provincial league champions: ^[7]

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

[edit] Tennis

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

[edit] Births

• 16 January: Robin Hyde, poet and novelist
• 27 February: Mal Matheson, cricketer
• April 5: Ted Morgan, Olympic boxer

• John Hutton, artist

Category:1906 births

[edit] Deaths

• 10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
• 6 August: George Marsden Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)

Category:1906 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 1906 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1906

[edit] References