1895 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Athletics 5.2 Chess 5.3 Cricket 5.4 Golf 5.5 Horse racing 5.5.1 Harness racing 5.5.2 Thoroughbred racing 5.5.3 Season leaders (1894/95) 5.6 Lawn Bowls 5.7 Polo 5.8 Rowing 5.9 Rugby union 5.10 Shooting 5.11 Soccer 5.12 Swimming 5.13 Tennis 6 Births 6.1 Undated 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor - David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow

[edit] Government and law

The 12th New Zealand Parliament continues with the Liberal Party in power.

• Speaker of the House - Sir Maurice O'Rorke
• Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward
• Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition - William Russell.^[1]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Holland
• Mayor of Christchurch - Thomas Gapes followed by W. H. Cooper
• Mayor of Dunedin - Henry Smith Fish followed by Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales
• Mayor of Hamilton - William Dey
• Mayor of Wellington - Charles Luke

[edit] Events

• July: The Waikato Advocate is published in Cambridge.^[2] It merged with the Waikato Times in 1896.
• 12 August: Minnie Dean hanged for murder (the only woman to be executed in New Zealand).

Undated

• New Zealander Alexander von Tunzelmann becomes the first person to set foot on Antarctica, at Cape Adare

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

• 20 January - William Leonard Williams is consecrated as Bishop of Waiapu in Napier cathedral.^[3][4]
• 25 January - Frederick Wallis is consecrated as Bishop of Wellington in Wellington.^[3]

• Primate of New Zealand - William Garden Cowie (Bishop of Auckland)
• Bishop of Christchurch - Churchill Julius
• Bishop of Dunedin - Samuel Tarratt Nevill
• Bishop of Nelson - Charles Oliver Mules
• Bishop of Waiapu - William Leonard Williams
• Bishop of Wellington - Frederick Wallis

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

National Champions, Men

• 100 yards – Alfred J. Patrick (Wellington)
• 250 yards – L. Broad (Canterbury)
• 440 yards – W. Low (Otago)
• 880 yards – W. Low (Otago)
• 1 mile – A. Davies (Auckland)
• 3 miles – A. Bell (Manawatu)
• 120 yards hurdles – W. Martin (Auckland)
• 440 yards hurdles – F. Harley (Wellington)
• Long jump – J. Ryan (Hawkes Bay)
• High jump – H. Bailey (Wanganui)
• Pole vault – H. Kingsley (Wanganui)
• Shot put – Charles M. Louisson (Canterbury)
• Hammer throw – Charles M. Louisson (Canterbury)

[edit] Chess

National Champion: W. Mackay of Wellington.^[5]

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

• National amateur champion (men) - G. Gossett (Christchurch)^[6]
• National amateur champion (women) - Mrs ? Melland

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• Auckland Trotting Cup (over 2 miles) is won by Old Judge ^[7]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

• New Zealand Cup - Euroclydon
• New Zealand Derby - Euroclydon
• Auckland Cup - Anita
• Wellington Cup - Mahaki

[edit] Season leaders (1894/95)

• Top New Zealand stakes earner - Mahaki
• Leading flat jockey - R. Derrett

[edit] Lawn Bowls

National Champions^[8]

• Singles - W. McLaren (Kaitangata)
• Pairs - R. Struthers and W. Barnett (skip) (Christchurch)
• Fours - H. Reid, A. Tapper, A. McDonald and T. Sneddon (skip) (Kaituna)

[edit] Polo

• Savile Cup winners - Manawatu

[edit] Rowing

National Champions (Men)

• Coxed fours - Queen’s Dr, Port Chalmers
• Coxless pairs - Union, Christchurch
• Double sculls - Union, Christchurch
• Single sculls - J. McGrath (Dunedin Amateur)

[edit] Rugby union

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt - W. Ballinger (Petone Rifle Club)

[edit] Soccer

Provincial league champions:^[9]

• Auckland: Auckland United
• Otago: Roslyn Dunedin
• Wellington: Wellington Swifts

[edit] Swimming

National Champions (Men)

• 100 yards frestyle – L. Leo (New South Wales, Australia)
• 220 yards frestyle – L. Leo (New South Wales, Australia)
• 440 yards frestyle – L. Leo (New South Wales, Australia)
• 880 yards frestyle – L. Leo (New South Wales, Australia)

[edit] Tennis

National Championships

• Men's singles - J. Hooper
• Women's singles - K. Hitchings
• Men's doubles - R. Harman and F. Wilding
• Women's doubles - C. Lean and E. Black

[edit] Births

• 5 January: Eruera Tirikatene, politician.
• 1 April: Alexander Aitken, mathematician.
• 6 August: Cyril Brownlie, rugby union player.
• 16 October: Keith Caldwell, WWI flying ace.
• 9 December: Whina Cooper, Māori leader.

[edit] Undated

• George Jobberns, academic.

[edit] Deaths

• 7 September: Walter Mantell, scientist and politician.

[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 1895 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1895

[edit] References

General

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

Specific