1919 in New Zealand

Summary

The following lists events that happened during 1919 in New Zealand.

1919
in
New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:

Incumbents edit

Regal and viceregal edit

Government edit

The 19th New Zealand Parliament concludes. The election held in November sees the Reform Party returned with an increased majority (47 of the 80 seats). Women are eligible to stand for Parliament for the first time.[2]

Parliamentary opposition edit

Judiciary edit

Main centre leaders edit

Events edit

Arts and literature edit

See 1919 in art, 1919 in literature, Category:1919 books

Music edit

See: 1919 in music

Film edit

See: Category:1919 film awards, 1919 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1919 films

Sport edit

Chess edit

  • The National Chess championship was not held (the influenza epidemic was still subsiding at its traditional new year dates).

Cricket edit

Football edit

  • Provincial league champions:[11]
    • Auckland – North Shore
    • Canterbury – Linwood, Excelsior (shared)
    • Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
    • Otago – Northern
    • Southland – No competition
    • Wanganui – Eastbrooke
    • Wellington – YMCA

Golf edit

  • The ninth New Zealand Open championship is won by Ted Douglas (his third victory) after a playoff against Sloan Morpeth.[12]
  • The 23rd National Amateur Championships are held in Napier[13]
    • Men – H. E. Crosse (Napier) (second title)
    • Women – N. E. Wright

Horse racing edit

Harness racing edit

Thoroughbred racing edit

Lawn bowls edit

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.[17]

  • Men's singles champion – M. Walker (Ponsonby Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – J.B. Rosmon, W.J. Hueston (skip) (Gisborne Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – A.J. Andrew, W. Given, O. Gallagher, Ernie Jury (skip) (Karangahake Bowling Club)

Rugby union edit

Rugby league edit

Births edit

January–February edit

March–April edit

May–June edit

July–August edit

September–October edit

November–December edit

Deaths edit

January–March edit

  • 21 January – Thomas Thompson, politician (born 1832)
  • 22 January – Carrick Paul, World War I flying ace (born 1893)
  • 2 February – Charles Begg, surgeon, army health administrator (born 1879)
  • 7 February – Donald Reid, farmer, landowner, businessman, politician (born 1833)
  • 13 February – William Temple, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1833)
  • 18 February – Searby Buxton, politician (born 1832)
  • 19 February – William Tucker, soldier, farmer, politician, mayor of Gisborne (1887–88) (born 1843)
  • 24 February – Alfred Fraser, politician (born 1862)
  • 18 March – Isabella Siteman, farmer, philanthropist (born c.1842)
  • 25 March – Harry Burnand, engineer, sawmiller (born 1850)

April–June edit

July–September edit

October–December edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. ^ "New Zealand Parliament – Parliament timeline". Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ a b Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: George Bruce Bolt
  5. ^ "Auckland Airport: Biography of George B. Bolt". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  6. ^ a b c Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
  7. ^ Christchurch City Libraries: Upper Riccarton Cemetery
  8. ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Accidents and the development of aviation
  9. ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Early flying feats
  10. ^ Cricketarchive
  11. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  12. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  15. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ a b c d Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  17. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  18. ^ Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4

External links edit

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