1910 in New Zealand

All you want to know about 1910 in New Zealand

1910 in New Zealand:
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Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

Head of State - Edward VII, succeeded by George V
Governor - The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO, succeeded the same year by The Lord Islington GCMG GBE DSO PC ^[1]

Government

The TBDth New Zealand Parliament continued.

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition - William Massey (Reform Party). ^[2]

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland - Charles Grey then Lemuel Bagnall
Mayor of Hamilton - James Alexander Young
Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Wilford
Mayor of Christchurch - C. Allison
Mayor of Dunedin - James Walker, then Thomas Cole

Events

5 July: Herbert Pither reportedly makes a flight of "nearly a mile" at Riverton Beach.^[3]

Undated

Aero Club of New Zealand is formed in Auckland.^[3]

Arts and literature

See 1910 in art, 1910 in literature, Category:1910 books

Music

See: 1910 in music

Film

See: 1910 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand

Appointments and awards

Sport

See: 1910 in sports , Category:1910 in sports

Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

Rugby league

Great Britain tour of New Zealand - beat New Zealand 52-20 in Auckland

Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against Hawkes Bay (11-3), Wellington (3-3), Taranaki (16-9) and Canterbury (6-4)

Tennis

Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship

Births

5 January: Jack Lovelock, athlete
10 February: Paul Whitelaw, cricketer
11 April: Mountford T. "Toss" Woollaston, painter and writer
4 July: Peter McIntyre, painter
11 August: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer
8 October: Gordon Innes, rugby union and rugby league player
18 December: Eric Tindill, cricket and rugby union player
24 December, William Hayward Pickering, space scientist
28 December: Jack Kerr, cricketer

James Munro Bertram, writer and Rhodes scholar.
Norman Douglas, politician.
Freda Stark, dancer

Category:1910 births

Deaths

14 May: Frederick Baume, politician.
17 May: Thomas Hocken, collector and bibliographer.
1 June: Richard Reeves, politician.

Category:1910 deaths

See also

For world events and topics in 1910 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1910

References

^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
^ ^a ^b Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0 589 00905 2

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