1913 in New Zealand
All you want to know about 1913 in New Zealand
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Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Government
- Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal), then Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
- Prime Minister - William Massey (Reform)
- Minister of Finance - James Allen (Reform)
Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party) from 13 September. [2]
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - Christopher Parr
- Mayor of Hamilton - Arthur Edward Manning
- Mayor of Wellington - John Luke
- Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Holland
- Mayor of Dunedin - John Wilson, then William Stewart
Events
- 22 March: The world's first automatic totalisator is used at the Easter meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland.[3]
- 13 April: Frederik E. Sandford flies the rebuilt biplane Manurewa at Avondale Racecourse. The Manurewa was formerly owned and flown by the Walsh Brothers before it crashed (see 1911) but is now owned by a syndicate and been rebuilt by Sandford and William Miller.[4][5]
- 19 April: American Arthur "Wizard" Stone flies a Blériot XI monoplane for 400 metres (0.25 mi) from the cricket ground at Auckland Domain.[4][5][6][7]
- 24 April: "Wizard" Stone flies for an estimated 19 kilometers (12 mi) from Alexandra Park.[7]
- April or May: Frederik Sandford flies the first woman passenger in New Zealand, a Miss Lester.[4][5]
- 31 August: Sandford flies west from Avondale covering 3 miles (4.8 km) at 45 miles per hour (72 km/h), but crashes at New Lynn on the return to Avondale.[5]
- 22 October: Wellington watersiders go on strike.[8]
- 23 October: Wellington watersiders are locked out sparking nationwide waterfront strikes.[9]
- 29 October: Over 1000 Wellington strikers hold a protest meeting at the Basin Reserve.[10]
- 30 October: The first "special constables" arrive in Wellington.[8]
- 8 November: "Special constables" occupy Auckland wharves leading to a general strike.[11]
- 10 November: A general strike is called in Wellington but it is not supported.[12]
- 23 November: The general strike in Auckland ends.[11]
- 20 December: Wellington watefront strike is called off.[8]
Undated
- Arthur Schaef makes short powered hops in his second, unnamed, aircraft, at Lyall Bay, Wellington.[4]
- Hector and Seaforth McKenzie fly their Hamilton biplane at Marton.[4]
- Percy Fisher and Reginald White fly an aircraft of their own design at Greytown. The event is also filmed.[4]
Arts and literature
See 1913 in art, 1913 in literature, Category:1913 books
Music
See: 1913 in music
Film
- Hinemoa - first New Zealand feature film
- Loved by a Maori Chieftess
See: Category:1913 film awards, 1913 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1913 films
Appointments and awards
See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand
- Archbishop of New Zealand
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese
Sport
Horse racing
- See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
Rugby league
Rugby Union
- Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against Wellington (6-5) and Poverty Bay (27-3) before losing it to Taranaki (11-14)
Tennis
- Anthony Wilding wins the Singles Championship at Wimbledon for the fourth consecutive year, and is ranked the world's No.1 player.
Births
- 5 June: Alan Brash, Church leader.
- 25 September: Winifred Constance McQuilkan Hall, author under the name Clare Mallory.
- Percy Benjamin Allen, politician.
- (in Croatia): Nikola Nobilo, winemaker.
Deaths
- 17 January: Hon. John Bryce, politician.
- 24 September: Sir William Russell, politician.
- 10 November: Petrus Van der Velden, painter.
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 1913 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1913
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.
- ^ The Rutherford Journal - The First Automatic Totalisator
- ^ a b c d e f Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0 589 00905 2
- ^ a b c d Those Daring Young Men in their Flying Machine: Sandford-Miller biplane flights at Avondale, 1913
- ^ Auckland Airport
- ^ a b Kiwi Aircraft Images: Bleriot XI
- ^ a b c Te Ara Encyclopedia 1966 - The Waterfront Strike, 1913
- ^ New Zealand History online: Today in History 23 October, 1913
- ^ Wellington History: City History 1890 -1918
- ^ a b Auckland City Council: Living Room events - Skeletons in the Closet
- ^ Amalgamted Workers Union: History - Some Important Dates in Trade Union History
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