1874 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Athletics 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.4.1 Major race winners 5.5 Rowing 5.6 Rugby Union 5.7 Shooting 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – The Rt. Hon Sir James Fergusson resigns and is replaced by The Marquess of Normanby

[edit] Government and law

The 5th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir Francis Dillon Bell
• Premier – Julius Vogel.
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Philip Philips followed by Henry Isaacs followed by Frederick Prime
• Mayor of Christchurch - Edward B. Bishop followed by Michael Brennan Hart
• Mayor of Dunedin - Henry Smith Fish followed by Andrew Mercer
• Mayor of Wellington - Charles Borlase

[edit] Events

• 5 January: The Poverty Bay Herald begins publishing in Gisborne. It is initially bi-weekly. The paper changed its name to The Gisborne Herald in 1939, and continues to publish as a daily today^[update].^[1]
• 15 January: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, first published in 1842, produces its last issue.^[2]
• 30 June: The Wellington Independent publishes its final issue, and is replaced by The New Zealand Times. The newspaper started in 1845.^[3]

• The Marlborough Times begins publication bi-weekly, and absorbs The Marlborough News. It became a daily in 1882. The Marlborough Express bought it in 1895 and closed it in 1905.^[4]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

• Primate of New Zealand - Henry John Chitty Harper (Bishop of Christchurch)
• Bishop of Auckland - William Garden Cowie
• Bishop of Dunedin - Samuel Tarratt Nevill
• Bishop of Nelson - Andrew Burn Suter
• Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington - Octavius Hadfield

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• 25 May - Recorded by some sources as the date of first race meeting at Ellerslie.(see also 1857)
• The Auckland Cup is established at Ellerslie Racecourse.
• The Wellington Cup becomes an annual race. The first winner of which evidence survives is recorded.

[edit] Major race winners

• New Zealand Cup: Tambourini
• New Zealand Derby: Tadmor
• Auckland Cup: Templeton
• Wellington Cup: Castaway

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

• Rugby union spreads quickly, with many new clubs being formed: Ngaruawahia, Hamilton, Cambridge, New Plymouth (Taranaki club) Hawera (Egmont club), Parnell, Grafton, Ponsonby, and Mount Hobson. Rugby was also taken up at Auckland College and Auckland Grammar School. ^[5]

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Captain Skinner (Waiuku Rifles)

[edit] Births

• 8 February: Edmund Anscombe, architect. ^[6]
• 20 September: George Smith, athlete and rugby player.

[edit] Deaths

• 22 April: Thomas Brunner, surveyor and explorer.

[edit] 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 1874 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1874

[edit] References

General

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.

Specific