1904 in New Zealand

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See also:	History of New Zealand; List of years in New Zealand; Timeline of New Zealand history;

The following lists events that happened during 1904 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Events

13 January: Portobello Marine Laboratory opens, initially as a fish hatchery
17 March: The New Zealand Horticultural Trades Association is founded in Normanby.^[3]
9 August: A magnitude 7.0-7.2 earthquake strikes Cape Turnagain, causing one death.
September: The Canterbury Steam Shipping Co is founded in Christchurch.^[4]
15 November: The Waikato Independent begins publishing in Cambridge. The newspaper became the Cambridge Independent in 1966. It closed in 1995.^[5]

Arts and literature

See 1904 in art, 1904 in literature, Category:1904 books

Music

See: 1904 in music

Sport

Association football

A New South Wales representative team tours, playing a New Zealand team in Dunedin and Wellington. These are the first recognised matches by a New Zealand national football team.^[6]
- 23 July, Dunedin: NZ loses 0–1
- 30 July, Wellington: Draw 3–3

Boxing

National amateur champions

Heavyweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth)
Middleweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth)
Lightweight – T. Rickards (Christchurch)
Featherweight – J. Watson (Christchurch)
Bantamweight – J. Gosling (Wellington)

Chess

The 17th National Chess championship was held in Wellington. The champion was W.E. Mason of Wellington.^[7]

Golf

The 12th National Amateur Championships were held in Otago ^[8]

Men: A.H. Fisher (Otago)
Women: Miss E. Lewis

Horse racing

Harness racing

The inaugural running of the New Zealand Trotting Cup is won by Monte Carlo ^[9]
Auckland Trotting Cup: Rebel Boy^[10]

Rugby union

Wellington defeat Auckland 6-3, becoming the first challenger to win the Ranfurly Shield.
Wellington defend the Ranfurly shield against Canterbury (6–3) and Otago (15–13).

Soccer

Provincial league champions:^[11]

Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
Otago: Northern
Southland: Nightcaps
Taranaki: New Plymouth
Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Births

2 February: A. R. D. Fairburn, poet.^[12]
7 February:Morton Coutts – invented the continuous fermentation method of brewing beer.
11 February: Keith Holyoake, politician and 26th Prime Minister.^[13]
12 March: Ken James, cricketer.^[14]
24 December: Thomas O'Halloran, Australian Rules footballer.

Category:1904 births

Deaths

5 January: William Walker, politician and speaker of the Legislative Council (b. 1837).
11 February: George Lumsden, politician (b. 1815).
22 February: James Nairn, painter (b. 1859)
16 April: Charles Edward Haughton, politician (b. 1827).
2 October: Thomas Ellison, rugby player (b. c1867).
11 December: Octavius Hadfield, Anglican Primate of New Zealand (b. 1814).
Tamati Ngakaho, a Ngāti Porou carver.^[15]

Category:1904 deaths

References

^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. 1986. p. 154. ISBN 047400123 7.
^ The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. 1986. p. 88. ISBN 047400123 7.
^ "Waikato Independent". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
^ Te Ara
^ "Te Ara". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
^ Cricinfo
^ Oliver, Steven. "Tamati Ngakaho". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

Media related to 1904 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52

[2] "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[3] The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. 1986. p. 154. ISBN 047400123 7.

[4] The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. 1986. p. 88. ISBN 047400123 7.

[5] "Waikato Independent". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.

[6] List of New Zealand national soccer matches

[7] List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[8] McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.

[9] "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

[10] Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[11] "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

[12] Te Ara

[13] "Te Ara". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.

[14] Cricinfo

[DNZB_Ngakaho-15] Oliver, Steven. "Tamati Ngakaho". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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