1888 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 2.1 Undated 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Athletics 5.2 National Champions, Men== 5.3 Cricket 5.4 Golf 5.5 Horse racing 5.5.1 Major race winners 5.6 Lawn Bowls 5.6.1 National Champions[3] 5.7 Polo 5.8 Rowing 5.8.1 National Champions (Men) 6 Rugby Union 7 Shooting 8 Swimming 9 Tennis 9.1 National championships 10 Births 10.1 Undated 11 Deaths 12 See also 13 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois.

[edit] Government and law

The 10th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House - Maurice O'Rorke.
• Premier – Harry Atkinson.
• Minister of Finance – Harry Atkinson.
• Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Albert Devore
• Mayor of Christchurch - A. Ayers followed by Charles Louisson
• Mayor of Dunedin - William Dawson followed by Hugh Gourley
• Mayor of Hamilton - Charles John Wright Barton followed by Isaac Coates
• Mayor of Wellington - Samuel Brown

[edit] Events

• 1 September: 1888 North Canterbury earthquake

[edit] Undated

• First sightings of the dolphin Pelorus Jack in Cook Strait.

[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 - Edward Craig Stuart
• Bishop of Wellington - Octavius Hadfield

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

The first New Zealand Championships are held.^[1][2]

[edit] National Champions, Men==

• 100 yards – F. Meenan (Otago)
• 250 yards – A. Williams (Canterbury)
• 440 yards – A. Williams (Canterbury)
• 880 yards – Peter Morrison (South Canterbury)
• 1 mile – J. Field (Southland)
• 120 yards hurdles – Godfrey Shaw (Canterbury)
• Long jump – T. Harman (Canterbury)
• High jump – F. Perry (South Canterbury)

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

The Auckland Cup of 1887 is moved to January 1888. Future Auckland Cup's are normally scheduled for New Year's Day.

[edit] Major race winners

• New Zealand Cup - Manton
• New Zealand Derby - Manton
• Auckland Cup winner (January) - Nelson (Australian owned)
• Auckland Cup winner (December) - Lochiel
• Wellington Cup winner - Beresford

[edit] Lawn Bowls

[edit] National Champions^[3]

• Singles - G. White (Milton)
• Fours - R. Churton, L. Oughton, W. Carswell and D. Mackie (skip) (Taieri)

[edit] Polo

The first polo club in New Zealand is formed in Auckland.^[2]

[edit] Rowing

National Championships are held for the first time. They are held at separate venues; the single sculls in Wellington, the coxed fours in Wanganui. From the following year the Championships will be held at a single venue.

[edit] National Champions (Men)

• Single sculls - J. Foster (Napier)
• Coxed fours - Canterbury

[edit] Rugby Union

The South Canterbury, Wanganui and Marlborough unions are formed.^[2]

The first ever British Isles rugby team tour takes place, visiting New Zealand and Australia. The visitors win all their New Zealand games except for one, losing to Auckland.^[4]
The first New Zealand Native team to visit Britain leaves at the end of the year.

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt - Hon Major Purnell (NZ Volunteers)

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] National championships

• Men's singles - P. Fenwicke
• Women's singles - E. Harman
• Men's doubles - R. Harman and F. Wilding
• Women's doubles - E. Harman and E. Gordon
• Mixed doubles - No competition

[edit] Births

• 15 February: James Courtney, soldier.

[edit] Undated

• Thomas Hislop (Jnr), politician.

[edit] Deaths

• 30 August: George O'Brien, painter.

[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 1888 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1888

[edit] References

General

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7

Specific