1903 in New Zealand

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Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – Edward VII
Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG^[1]

Government

The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.

Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
Prime Minister – Richard Seddon
Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon
Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition – Vacant until 11 September, then William Massey, (Independent).^[2]

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland – Alfred Kidd then Edwin Mitchelson
Mayor of Wellington – John Aitken
Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Wigram
Mayor of Dunedin – James Park then Thomas Scott

Events

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

26 September – New Zealand is the first country in the world to pass a Wireless Telegraphy Act.^[3]

October

November

December

Arts and literature

See 1903 in art, 1903 in literature

Music

See: 1903 in music

Film

A Message from Mars

Sport

Boxing

The Bantamweight division is included in the national championships for the first time.

National amateur champions

Heavyweight – H. Taylor (Greymouth)
Middleweight – J. Griffin (Invercargill)
Lightweight – A. Farquharson (Dunedin)
Featherweight – A. Parker (Christchurch)
Bantamweight – J. Pearce (Christchurch)

Chess

National Champion: J.C. Grierson of Auckland.^[4]

Golf

The 11th National Amateur Championships were held in Napier ^[5]

Men: Kurepo Tareha (Napier)
Women: A. E Pearce

Horse racing

Harness racing

Auckland Trotting Cup: Plain G ^[6]

Rugby union

1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

Soccer

Provincial league champions:^[7]

Auckland: YMCA Auckland
Otago: Northern
Wellington: Wellington St. John's

Births

30 January: Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster.^[8]
6 February: Jack Dunning, cricketer
21 February: P. H. Matthews, politician
11 March: George Dickinson, cricketer
11 March: Ronald Syme, historian
21 March: Frank Sargeson, writer
28 March: Merton Hodge, west-end playwright
23 April: John Stewart, politician.
10 June: Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet.
6 July: Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, academic.
4 August: Charles Bateson, historian and writer
2 November: Anna Lois White, painter
15 November: Stewie Dempster, cricketer

Deaths

7 March: John Studholme, politician and farmer (born 1829).
23 April: William Travers, politician (born 1819).
11 June: Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician.
7 July: Agnes Harrold, hotel manager, foster parent, nurse and midwife^[9]
30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player (born 1862).

References

^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ Ministry of EconomicDevelopment: Celebrating 100 Years of Wireless
^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ 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.
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
^ Davidson, Allan K. "Scrimgeour, Colin Graham". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
^ Barlow, Maida. "Agnes Harrold". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

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