1911 in New Zealand

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Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg 1911 in New Zealand: Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary Opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 May 3.6 June 3.7 July 3.8 August 3.9 September 3.10 October 3.11 November 3.12 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Rugby Union 6.2 Tennis 6.3 Horse racing 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - Lord Islington

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
• Prime Minister - Joseph Ward (Liberal)
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward

[edit] Parliamentary Opposition

Leader of the Opposition - William Massey (Reform Party)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Lemuel Bagnall, then Christopher Parr
• Mayor of Hamilton - James Alexander Young
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Wilford
• Mayor of Christchurch - C. Allison, then T. E. Taylor
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Cole, then William Burnett

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1911 in art, 1911 in literature, Category:1911 books

[edit] Music

See: 1911 in music

[edit] Film

See: Category:1911 film awards , 1911 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1911 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

• See: 1911 in sports , Category:1911 in sports

[edit] Rugby Union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

• Auckland defended the Ranfurly Shield against South Auckland (21-5) and Poverty Bay (29-10)

[edit] Tennis

• The Davis Cup final was held at Hagley Park, Christchurch. The Australasian team of Norman Brookes (Aus), Roger Heath (Aus) and Alfred Dunlop (NZ, doubles) beat the United States 4-0, the second reverse singles match not being played.
• Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship for a second year in succession.

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.

====Rugby league==== New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Births

• January 13: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (Australia).
• January 24: Alfred Hulme, Victoria Cross winner.
• 30 March: David Russell, George Cross winner.
• 2 May: Ina Pickering, cricketer.

• J. A. W. Bennett, literary scholar.
• (in England): Joe Bootham, painter.
• Allen Curnow, poet and journalist.
• Harry Lake, politician.

Category:1911 births

[edit] Deaths

• 6 March: Mary Anne Barker (Lady Barker), author.
• 27 July: T. E. Taylor, politician, prohibitionist.

Category:1911 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 1911 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1911