1873 in New Zealand

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1873 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Opposition Leaders 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Athletics 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.5 Rowing 5.6 Rugby Union 5.7 Shooting 6 References 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Ferguson Bowen is transferred, on 19 March, to Australia to become Governor of Victoria. His replacement, The Rt. Hon Sir James Fergusson, takes up his appointment on 14 June.

[edit] Government and law

The 5th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir Francis Dillon Bell
• Premier – William Fox, “caretaker” Premier since the sudden resignation of George Waterhouse on 3 March, steps down in favour of Julius Vogel on the latter's return to New Zealand on 8 April.
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland -
• Mayor of Wellington -
• Mayor of Christchurch -
• Mayor of Dunedin -

[edit] Events

• 17 February - The Daily Southern Cross Newspaper prints a hoax report of a Russian invasion of Auckland.^[1]
• December - The railway line between Auckland and Onehunga (via Newmarket, Ellerslie, and Penrose) is opened.^[2]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: Category:Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand

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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Kakapo
• New Zealand Derby winner: Rapapa

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Hoskins (Thames)

[edit] References

1. ^ nzhistory.net.nz
2. ^ Onehunga Dateline

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.

[edit] Births

• (in Tasmania): Edith Joan Lyttleton, writer.
• (in England): Lionel Terry, white supremacist, murderer.

[edit] 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 1873 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1873