1913 in New Zealand

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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 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Rugby Union 6.2 Tennis 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

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

See: 1913 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - Earl of Liverpool

[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 September 13th.

[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

• The world's first automatic totalisator was installed at Ellerslie Racecourse.
• October: Waterfront strikes in Auckland and Wellington
• 8 November: "Special constables" occupy the wharves. A general strike is called in response.
• 23 November: General strike ends, with union leaders in jail, and scabs working the wharves.

[edit] Arts and literature

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

[edit] Music

See: 1913 in music

[edit] Film

• Hinemoa
• 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

• See: 1913 in sports , Category:1913 in sports

• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team

• Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,

[edit] Rugby Union

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

[edit] Tennis

• Anthony Wilding won the Singles Championship at Wimbledon for the fourth consecutive year, and was 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