1903 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1903 in New Zealand.
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.
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
September
26 September – New Zealand is the first country in the world to pass a Wireless Telegraphy Act.[3]
Arts and literature
See 1903 in art, 1903 in literature, Category:1903 books
Music
See: 1903 in music
Film
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
Harness racing
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Plain G [6]
Rugby union
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
Category:1903 births
Deaths
- 7 March: John Studholme, politician and farmer (born 1829).
- 23 April: William Travers, politician (born 1819).
- 11 June: Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician.
- 30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player (born 1862).
Category:1903 deaths
See also
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.
External links
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