1885 in New Zealand

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Athletics 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.5 Polo 5.6 Rowing 5.7 Rugby Union 5.8 Shooting 5.9 Swimming 5.10 Tennis 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

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.^[1] The newspaper closed in 1889.^[2]

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

Sport

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 Category:New Zealand horse races.

Polo

Rowing

The Wellington Rowing Club is formed in Wellington.^[3]

Rugby Union

The Nelson union is formed.^[4] It is now part of the Tasman Rugby Union.

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Lucas (Thames)

Swimming

Tennis

Births

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

Deaths

• 12 June: John Sheehan, politician.

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 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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