1924 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1924 in New Zealand.

1924 in New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 21st New Zealand Parliament continues. The Reform Party governs as a minority with the support of independents.

Parliamentary opposition

Judiciary

Main centre leaders

Events

Arts and literature

See 1924 in art, 1924 in literature Category:1924 books

Music

See: 1924 in music

Broadcasting

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: 1924 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1924 films

Sport

Chess

  • The 33rd National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney.[5]

Football

  • The 2nd Chatham Cup is won by Harbour Board (Auckland)
  • A Chinese Universities football team tours New Zealand, including four matches against the national team:[6]
    • 16 August, at Auckland: New Zealand win 2–1
    • 23 August, at Wellington: draw 2–2
    • 6 September, at Dunedin: New Zealand win 5–3
    • 13 September, at Christchurch: New Zealand win 4–2
  • Provincial league champions:[7]
    • Auckland – Harbour Board
    • Canterbury – Sunnyside
    • Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
    • Nelson – Athletic
    • Otago – Seacliff
    • South Canterbury – Albion Rovers
    • Southland – Corinthians
    • Taranaki – Kaponga
    • Wanganui – YMCA
    • Wellington – YMCA

Golf

  • The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ernie Moss, with an aggregate of 301.[8]
  • The 28th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland (men) and Hamilton (women)[9][10]
    • Men – L. Quin (Eltham)
    • Women – Mrs Peake (Cambridge)

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[14]

  • Men's singles champion – W. Carswell (Taieri Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – James Angus, J. A. Redpath (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – W. Ure, H. S. Hill, C. G. Maher, Bill Bremner (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland)

Olympic games

 Gold Silver BronzeTotal
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Rugby league

  • New Zealand host the touring Great Britain team, winning the test series 2–1
    • 1st test, at Dunedin, lose 18–31
    • 2nd test, at Wellington, win 13–11
    • 3rd test, at Auckland, win 16–8

Rugby union

Wrestling

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

See also

References

  1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. Blee, Ian (November 1978). "Under Two Wires in New Zealand, Part 3 – Wellington". Trolleybus Magazine No. 103, p. 137. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  4. Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 465.
  5. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  7. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  8. "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  9. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Golf, men's – New Zealand amateur champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. "The golf final: victory for Mrs Peake". Waikato Times. 26 September 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  12. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  13. Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  14. 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.

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