- Source: 1923 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1923 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
= Regal and viceregal
=Head of State – George V
Governor-General – John Jellicoe, Viscount Jellicoe
= Government
=The 21st New Zealand Parliament begins. The Reform Party governs as a minority with the support of independents.
Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
Prime Minister – William Massey
Minister of Finance – William Massey
Minister of External Affairs – Ernest Lee until 13 January, then Francis Bell from 7 June
= Parliamentary opposition
=Leader of the Opposition – Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party)
= Judiciary
=Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
= Main centre leaders
=Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson
Mayor of Wellington – Robert Wright
Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Thacker, succeeded by James Flesher
Mayor of Dunedin – James Douglas, succeeded by Harold Tapley
Events
28 March – The Tauranga by-election is won by Charles Macmillan (Reform Party)
March – The inflation rate in New Zealand reaches its lowest recorded value, −15.3 per cent
1 May – The Oamaru by-election is won by John MacPherson (Liberal Party)
14 June − The New Zealand Permanent Air Force, the forerunner of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, is established
6 July – The Ongarue railway disaster results in the deaths of 17 passengers when the overnight Auckland-Wellington Express runs into a landslip at Ongarue near Taumarunui
4 August – Opening of the Otira Tunnel on the Midland Line
15 December – The British and Intercolonial Exhibition opens in Hokitika
Undated
New Zealand gains the right to conduct its own trade negotiations independently of Britain
The Ross Dependency is claimed by Britain and placed under New Zealand administration
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand is formed
The Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS New Zealand, funded by the New Zealand government as a gift to Britain before World War I, is broken up for scrap
Arts and literature
See 1923 in art, 1923 in literature, Category:1923 books
= Music
=Production of the musical "Tutankhamen" by L.P.Leary at His Majesty's Theatre in Auckland. Music by Eric Waters.
See: 1923 in music
= Radio
=A set of Broadcasting regulations are issued under the Post And Telegraph Act 1920. Under the new regulations the country is divided into four numerical transmission regions. The regulations also stipulate that the owner of a receiving set is to pay an annual licence of five shillings while permission to transmit costs two pounds.[1]
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
= Film
=The Romance of Sleepy Hollow
See: 1923 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1923 films
Sport
= Chess
=The 32nd National Chess Championship is held in Christchurch, and is won by John Boyd Dunlop of Oamaru (his third title)
= Cricket
=Plunket Shield
= Football
=The inaugural competition for the Chatham Cup is won by Seacliff AFC (Otago)
The New Zealand team tours Australia, playing 16 matches:
24 May, at Granville – lose 1–3 vs Granville
26 May, at Sydney – draw 2–2 vs New South Wales
29 May, at Newcastle – lose 0–2 vs Newcastle
2 June, at Ipswich – win 4–2 vs Ipswich / West Moreton
4 June, at Brisbane – win 3–1 vs Queensland
6 June, at Nambour – win 2–0 vs North Coast
9 June, at Brisbane – lose 1–2 vs Australia
13 June, at Cessnock – lose 1–2 vs South Maitland
16 June, at Sydney – win 3–2 vs Australia
20 June, at Sydney – win 3–4 vs Metropolis
23 June, at Sydney – win 3–1 vs Granville
25 June, at Sydney – draw 1–1 vs New South Wales
30 June, at Newcastle – win 4–1 vs Australia
3 July, at Weston – lose 1–4 vs South Maitland
7 July, at Wollongong – lose 0–2 vs South Coast
11 July, at Lithgow – win 4–0 vs Western Districts
Provincial league champions:
Auckland – North Shore AFC (Devonport)
Canterbury – Sunnyside
Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
Nelson – Athletic
Otago – HSOB
South Canterbury – Albion Rovers
Southland – Nightcaps
Taranaki – Hawera
Wanganui – Eastown Workshops
Wellington – Waterside
= Golf
=The 10th New Zealand Open championship is won by A. Brooks.
The 27th National Amateur Championships are held in Wanganui:
Men – J. Goss (Wanganui)
Women – E. Vigor Brown (Napier)
= Horse racing
=Harness racing
New Zealand Trotting Cup – Great Hope
Auckland Trotting Cup – Blue Mountain King
Thoroughbred racing
New Zealand Cup – Rouen
Auckland Cup – Te Kara / Muraahi (dead heat)
Wellington Cup – Rapine
New Zealand Derby – Black Ronald
ARC Great Northern Derby – Enthusiasm
= Lawn bowls
=The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.
Men's singles champion – M. Walker (Ponsonby Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – W. McCallum, T. Edwards (skip) (Temuka Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – R.S. Somervell, J.F. Hosking, V.P. Casey, A. Parsons (skip) (Ponsonby Bowling Club)
= Rugby union
=A New South Wales team tours New Zealand, playing three matches against the New Zealand team. New Zealand wins all three: 19–9, 34–6 and 38–11.
Hawke's Bay defend the Ranfurly Shield for the full season, defeating Wairarapa (6–0), Wellington (10–6), Poverty Bay (15–0), Canterbury (9–8), Horowhenua (38–11), and Auckland (20–5).
Births
Deaths
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 1923 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
Events of the Past Year as compiled by The New Zealand Herald
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Selandia Baru
- Angkatan Udara Selandia Baru
- George Hudson (entomologis)
- Pendudukan Samoa Jerman
- Soekarno
- Boyd Irwin
- Perang Dunia I
- Holden
- Registrasi pesawat
- Sumitomo Corporation
- 1923 in New Zealand
- Royal New Zealand Air Force
- New Zealand
- Demographics of New Zealand
- Waikino school shooting
- New Zealand men's national football team
- New Zealand Cross (1869)
- Ross Dependency
- List of mountains of New Zealand by height
- Dominion of New Zealand
