1879 in New Zealand

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1879 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Opposition Leaders 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 5.6 Rowing 5.7 Rugby Union 5.8 Shooting 5.9 Tennis 6 References 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – The term of The Marquess of Normanby ends on 21 February. Sir Hercules Robinson takes up the appointment on 27 March.

[edit] Government and law

The general election is held between 15 August and 1 September. The 7th Parliament commences.

• Speaker of the House - Maurice O'Rorke becomes Speaker when his predecessor, Sir William Fitzherbert, is appointed to the Legislative Council.
• Premier – John Hall replaces Sir George Grey on 8 October.
• Minister of Finance – John Hall replaces Sir George Grey on 8 October. Grey had taken up the post on 10 July after John Ballance had resigned on 1 July.
• Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

Voting rights are extended to all males. ^[1]

The term of parliament is reduced from five years to three years. ^[1]

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Thomas Peacock
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Blair Whyte then Thomas Dawson
• Mayor of Wellington - Joseph Dransfield then George Allen
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Thomson then Charles Thomas Ick
• Mayor of Dunedin - Henry John Walter

[edit] Events

• 21 February: An explosion in the coal mine at Kaitangata kills 34 men. ^[2]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: Category:Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Chess

• First New Zealand Chess Championship held.

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Chancellor
• New Zealand Derby winner: Hornby
• Auckland Cup winner: Ariel
• Wellington Cup winner: Maritana

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

Canterbury forms the first union in the country at Timaru on 26 July. The Wellington union is formed in October.^[3]

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Corporal W. Ballinger (Wellington)

[edit] Tennis

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
2. ^ nzhistory.net.nz
3. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications

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

[edit] Births

• 30 August (in London): Maud Ruby "Daisy" Basham, radio personality.

• Miriam Cummings (later Miriam Soljak), activist.

[edit] Deaths

• 2 February (in England): General Sir Thomas Pratt, commander British forces in NZ 1860-61.
• 14 July: Thomas Outhwaite, first registrar of the Supreme Court.

[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 1879 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1879