1885 in New Zealand

1885 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois.

Government and law

The 9th Parliament continues.

*Speaker of the House - Maurice O'Rorke.
*Premier – Robert Stout
*Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
*Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - William Waddel
*Mayor of Christchurch - C. P. Hulbert
*Mayor of Dunedin - Arthur Scoular followed by John Barnes
*Mayor of Hamilton - William Australia Graham
*Mayor of Wellington - George Fisher

Events

*1 June: The "Cambridge News" starts publication. It is produced three times a week. [cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TAN18850530.2.3.1&cl=&srpos=0&st=1|title=SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885|publisher=Te Aroha News|date=30 May 1885] The newspaper closed in 1889. [cite web|url=http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Npapers/npfront.htm|title=Newspapers|publisher=Cambridge Museum]

Arts and literature

Music

Appointments and awards

*Primate of New Zealand - Henry John Chitty Harper (Bishop of Christchurch)
*Bishop of Auckland - William Garden Cowie
*Bishop of Dunedin - Samuel Tarratt Nevill
*Bishop of Nelson - Andrew Burn Suter
*Bishop of Waiapu - Edward Craig Stuart
*Bishop of Wellington - Octavius Hadfield

port

Athletics

Cricket

Golf

Horse racing

*New Zealand Cup winner: Fusilade
*New Zealand Derby winner: Stonyhurst
*Auckland Cup winner: Nelson (Australian owned)
*Wellington Cup winner: Mahaki

:"see also ."

Polo

Rowing

The Wellington Rowing Club is formed in Wellington. [ [http://www.wellingtonrowing.org.nz/history.html History of Wellington Rowing Club] ]

Rugby Union

The Nelson union is formed.Todd, S. (1976) "Sporting Records of New Zealand." Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7] It is now part of the Tasman Rugby Union.

Provincial club rugby champions include: :"see also "

hooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Lucas (Thames)

wimming

Tennis

Births

* Charles Cotton, geologist.
* Robert Laidlaw, businessman.

Deaths

* 12 June: John Sheehan, politician.

ee 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 1885 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1885

References

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


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