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1883 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1883 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State – Queen Victoria
  • Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois begins his term on 20 January.

Government and law

The 8th New Zealand Parliament continues.

  • Speaker of the House – Maurice O'Rorke.
  • Premier – Frederick Whitaker is replaced by Harry Atkinson on 25 September
  • Minister of Finance – Harry Atkinson
  • Chief Justice – Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders

  • Mayor of Auckland – James Clark followed by William Waddel
  • Mayor of Christchurch – George Ruddenklau
  • Mayor of Dunedin – James Bryce Thomson followed by William Parker Street
  • Mayor of Wellington – George Fisher

Events

  • 1 March – A telephone exchange is opened in Wellington (the fourth in New Zealand).
  • The Hokitika Guardian and Hokitika Evening Star merge to form the Hokitika Guardian and Star.
  • September: The Waikato Mail ceases publication. The Cambridge newspaper started in 1880.
  • 19 February: Pacifist leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai and To hu are released from prison, where they had been held without trial since November 1881.
  • July: The Waikato Gazette & Thames Valley Recorder begins publishing. It was absorbed by the Cambridge News in 1889.
  • the New Zealand Shipping Company was formed in Christchurch.

Sport

Cricket

Horse racing

The New Zealand Cup is so-named, the race having been run under another name since 1865.

  • New Zealand Cup winner: Tasman
  • New Zealand Derby winner: Oudeis
  • Auckland Cup winner: Salvage
  • Wellington Cup winner: Mischief

:see also :Category:Horse races in New Zealand.

Rugby

The Auckland Rugby Union is formed.

Provincial club rugby champions include: :see also :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Kennedy (Dunedin)

Births

  • 14 May – Charlie Seeling (died 1956), rugby (league and union) footballer
  • 4 August – Sydney Smith (died 1969), forensic pathologist
  • 31 October – Anthony Wilding (died 1915), tennis player

Full date unknown

  • Ngapipi Reweti, land negotiator (died 1957)

Deaths

  • 30 March – Edward Graham McMinn (born 1843), politician
  • 30 June – William Cutten (born 1822), politician
  • 30 December – David Hay (born 1815), nurseryman

References

;General

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

References

  1. Scholefield, Guy Hardy. (1938). "A Union Catalogue of New Zealand Newspapers Preserved in Public Libraries".
  2. "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum.
  3. [https://nzhistory.govt.nz/timeline/19/02 nzhistory.net.nz]
  4. (7 July 1883). "Local and General Intelligence". Tuapeka Times.
  5. McLean, Gavin (editor): ''Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company'' GP Books, Wellington, 1989. {{ISBN. 0-477-00015-0
  6. Todd, S. (1976) ''Sporting Records of New Zealand.'' Auckland: Moa Publications {{ISBN. 0-908570-00-7
  7. Ballara, Angela. "Ngapipi Reweti".
  8. Shepherd, R. Winsome. "David Hay".
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