- Source: 1903 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1903 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
= Regal and viceregal
=Head of State – Edward VII
Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG
= Government
=The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.
Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
Prime Minister – Richard Seddon
Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon
Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
= Parliamentary opposition
=Leader of the Opposition – Vacant until 11 September, then William Massey, (Independent).
= Main centre leaders
=Mayor of Auckland – Alfred Kidd then Edwin Mitchelson
Mayor of Wellington – John Aitken
Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Wigram
Mayor of Dunedin – James Park then Thomas Scott
Events
= January
== February
== March
== April
== June
== July
== August
== September
=26 September – New Zealand is the first country in the world to pass a Wireless Telegraphy Act.
= October
== November
== December
=Arts and literature
See 1903 in art, 1903 in literature
= Music
=See: 1903 in music
= Film
=A Message from Mars
Sport
= Boxing
=The Bantamweight division is included in the national championships for the first time.
National amateur champions
Heavyweight – H. Taylor (Greymouth)
Middleweight – J. Griffin (Invercargill)
Lightweight – A. Farquharson (Dunedin)
Featherweight – A. Parker (Christchurch)
Bantamweight – J. Pearce (Christchurch)
= Chess
=National Champion: J.C. Grierson of Auckland.
= Golf
=The 11th National Amateur Championships were held in Napier
Men: Kurepo Tareha (Napier)
Women: A. E Pearce
= Horse racing
=Harness racing
Auckland Trotting Cup: Plain G
= Rugby union
=1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
= Soccer
=Provincial league champions:
Auckland: YMCA Auckland
Otago: Northern
Wellington: Wellington St. John's
Births
30 January: Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster.
6 February: Jack Dunning, cricketer
21 February: P. H. Matthews, politician
11 March: George Dickinson, cricketer
11 March: Ronald Syme, historian
21 March: Frank Sargeson, writer
28 March: Merton Hodge, west-end playwright
23 April: John Stewart, politician.
10 June: Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet.
6 July: Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, academic.
4 August: Charles Bateson, historian and writer
2 November: Anna Lois White, painter
15 November: Stewie Dempster, cricketer
Deaths
7 March: John Studholme, politician and farmer (born 1829).
23 April: William Travers, politician (born 1819).
11 June: Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician.
7 July: Agnes Harrold, hotel manager, foster parent, nurse and midwife
30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player (born 1862).
See also
History of New Zealand
List of years in New Zealand
Military history of New Zealand
Timeline of New Zealand history
Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
Timeline of the New Zealand environment
References
External links
Media related to 1903 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
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