1913 in New Zealand

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1913 in New Zealand:

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1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 3.2 Film 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Horse racing 5.2 Rugby league 5.3 Rugby Union 5.4 Tennis 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor - The Earl of Liverpool ^[1]

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal), then Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister - William Massey (Reform)
• Minister of Finance - James Allen (Reform)

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party) from 13 September. ^[2]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Christopher Parr
• Mayor of Hamilton - Arthur Edward Manning
• Mayor of Wellington - John Luke
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Holland
• Mayor of Dunedin - John Wilson, then William Stewart

[edit] Events

• 22 March: The world's first automatic totalisator is used at the Easter meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland.^[3]
• 13 April: Frederik E. Sandford flies the rebuilt biplane Manurewa at Avondale Racecourse. The Manurewa was formerly owned and flown by the Walsh Brothers before it crashed (see 1911) but is now owned by a syndicate and been rebuilt by Sandford and William Miller.^[4][5]
• 19 April: American Arthur "Wizard" Stone flies a Blériot XI monoplane for 400 metres (0.25 mi) from the cricket ground at Auckland Domain.^[4][5][6][7]
• 24 April: "Wizard" Stone flies for an estimated 19 kilometers (12 mi) from Alexandra Park.^[7]
• April or May: Frederik Sandford flies the first woman passenger in New Zealand, a Miss Lester.^[4][5]
• 31 August: Sandford flies west from Avondale covering 3 miles (4.8 km) at 45 miles per hour (72 km/h), but crashes at New Lynn on the return to Avondale.^[5]
• 22 October: Wellington watersiders go on strike.^[8]
• 23 October: Wellington watersiders are locked out sparking nationwide waterfront strikes.^[9]
• 29 October: Over 1000 Wellington strikers hold a protest meeting at the Basin Reserve.^[10]
• 30 October: The first "special constables" arrive in Wellington.^[8]
• 8 November: "Special constables" occupy Auckland wharves leading to a general strike.^[11]
• 10 November: A general strike is called in Wellington but it is not supported.^[12]
• 23 November: The general strike in Auckland ends.^[11]
• 20 December: Wellington watefront strike is called off.^[8]

[edit] Undated

• Arthur Schaef makes short powered hops in his second, unnamed, aircraft, at Lyall Bay, Wellington.^[4]
• Hector and Seaforth McKenzie fly their Hamilton biplane at Marton.^[4]
• Percy Fisher and Reginald White fly an aircraft of their own design at Greytown. The event is also filmed.^[4]

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1913 in art, 1913 in literature, Category:1913 books

[edit] Music

See: 1913 in music

[edit] Film

• Hinemoa - first New Zealand feature film
• Loved by a Maori Chieftess

See: Category:1913 film awards, 1913 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1913 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Horse racing

• See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.

[edit] Rugby league

• New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Rugby Union

• Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against Wellington (6-5) and Poverty Bay (27-3) before losing it to Taranaki (11-14)

[edit] Tennis

• Anthony Wilding wins the Singles Championship at Wimbledon for the fourth consecutive year, and is ranked the world's No.1 player.

[edit] Births

• 5 June: Alan Brash, Church leader.
• 25 September: Winifred Constance McQuilkan Hall, author under the name Clare Mallory.

• Percy Benjamin Allen, politician.
• (in Croatia): Nikola Nobilo, winemaker.

Category:1913 births

[edit] Deaths

• 17 January: Hon. John Bryce, politician.
• 24 September: Sir William Russell, politician.
• 10 November: Petrus Van der Velden, painter.

Category:1913 deaths

[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 1913 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1913

[edit] References