1874 in New Zealand

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1874 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 Births 7 Deaths 8 References 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – The Rt. Hon Sir James Fergusson resigns and is replaced by The Marquess of Normanby

[edit] Government and law

The 5th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir Francis Dillon Bell
• Premier – Julius Vogel.
• 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

• 15 January: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, first published in 1842, produces its last issue.^[1]
• 30 June: The Wellington Independent publishes its final issue, and is replaced by The New Zealand Times. The newspaper started in 1845.^[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

25 May - Recorded by some sources as the date of first race meeting at Ellerslie.(see also 1857)
The Auckland Cup is established at Ellerslie Racecourse.
The Wellington Cup becomes an annual race. The first winner of which evidence survives is recorded.

• New Zealand Cup winner: Tambourini
• New Zealand Derby winner: Tadmor
• Auckland Cup winner: Templeton
• Wellington Cup winner: Castaway

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Captain Skinner (Waiuku Rifles)

[edit] Births

• 8 February: Edmund Anscombe, architect. ^[3]
• 20 September: George Smith, athlete and rugby player.

[edit] Deaths

• 22 April: Thomas Brunner, surveyor and explorer.

[edit] References

1. ^ Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. National Library of New Zealand.
2. ^ Wellington Independent. National Library of New Zealand.
3. ^ DNZB

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

[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 1874 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1874