1911 in New Zealand

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Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – George V
Governor – The Lord Islington GCMG GBE DSO PC^[1]

Government

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

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland – Lemuel Bagnall, then James Parr
Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Wilford
Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Allison, then Tommy Taylor, then John Joseph Dougall
Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Cole, then William Burnett

Events

The Marlborough Herald ceases publication. It began in 1905.^[3]
30 January: The final race meeting at which bookmakers are allowed on New Zealand racecourses.^[4]
5 February: The first officially recorded powered aeroplane flight in new Zealand. The Walsh Brothers' Howard Wright biplane Manurewa makes its first flight at Glenora Park, Papakura near Auckland.^[5] The plane is capable of carrying a passenger and almost certainly did so before the end of the year.^[6]
1 June: Women could no longer be employed as barmaids (with exemptions for existing barmaids and for relations of publicans).^[7]
23 December: George Bolt's first flights, in an early form of hang-glider.^[5]

Undated

Arthur Schaef makes short powered hops in his first aircraft, the New Zealand Vogel, at Lyall Bay, Wellington.^[5]

Arts and literature

See 1911 in art, 1911 in literature

Music

See: 1911 in music

Film

See: Category:1911 film awards, 1911 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1911 films

Sport

See: 1911 in sports, Category:1911 in sports

Athletics

Three New Zealanders, Guy Haskins, Ron Opie and William A. Woodger, compete in the Festival of Empire meeting in London, a forerunner of the Empire (now Commonwealth) Games.^[8]

Chess

The 24th National Chess Championship was held in Timaru, and was won by W.E. Mason of Wellington, his third title.^[9]

Golf

Men's

The fifth New Zealand Open championship was held in Wanganui and was won by amateur Arthur Duncan, his third win.^[10]
The 19th National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui^[11]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 7th title

Women's

Matchplay: Miss ? Brandon.^[12]
Strokeplay (1st championship): Mrs G. Williams

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup: Lady Clare^[13]
Auckland Trotting Cup: Bingana^[14]

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Rugby union

Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against South Auckland (21–5) and Poverty Bay (29–10)

Soccer

A provincial league commences in Wanganui
Provincial league champions:^[15]

Auckland: Ponsonby AFC (Auckland)
Canterbury: Burnham Industrial School
Otago: Mornington
Southland: Nightcaps
Taranaki: Manaia
Wanganui: Wanganui
Wellington: Wellington Swifts

Tennis

The Davis Cup final is held at Lancaster Park, Christchurch. The Australasian team of Norman Brookes (Aus), Roger Heath (Aus) and Alfred Dunlop (NZ, doubles) beat the United States 4–0, the second reverse singles match not being played.
Anthony Wilding wins the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship for the second year in succession.

Births

13 January: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (Australia).
24 January: Alfred Hulme, Victoria Cross winner.
17 February: Saul Goldsmith, political candidate.
28 February: J. A. W. Bennett, literary scholar.
30 March: David Russell, George Cross winner.
13 April: Jim Clayton, rower.
2 May: Ina Pickering, cricketer.
17 June: Allen Curnow, poet and journalist.
29 September: Harry Lake, politician.
12 December (in England): Joe Bootham, painter.

Deaths

6 March: Mary Anne Barker (Lady Barker), author.
2 May: Edward Riddiford, runholder
4 May: Rose Whitty, nun and founder of several convents.^[16]
27 July: Tommy Taylor, politician, prohibitionist.
17 September: Henry Burling, centenarian, mail carrier and farmer (born 1807).
14 December: Henry Hirst, politician (born 1838).
Date unknown:
- Charles Wong Gye, storekeeper, policeman and interpreter
- Puna Himene Te Rangimarie, healer, nurse and spiritual leader^[17]

Category:1911 deaths

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.
^ "History in the making". The Marlborough Express. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
^ NZhistory.net
^ ^a ^b ^c Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
^ A picture in Rendel, p. 7, shows both Walsh brothers in the aircraft although it is still on the ground.
^ "Flashback: when New Zealand banned barmaids?". Stuff (Fairfax). 1 December 2018.
^ Te ARa: Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 – Olympiads and Empire Games
^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ History of NZ open: TVNZ
^ 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.
^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "GOLF, WOMEN'S Competitions and Championships". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 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. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
^ Catholic Encyclopedia
^ Maclean, Sally. "Puna Himene Te Rangimarie". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

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