1885_in_New_Zealand
1885 in New Zealand
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1885 in New Zealand.
Regal and viceregal
Government and law
The 9th New Zealand Parliament continues.
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – William Waddel
- Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Hulbert
- Mayor of Dunedin – Arthur Scoular followed by John Barnes
- Mayor of Wellington – George Fisher
- 1 June: The Cambridge News starts publication. It is produced three times a week.[1] The newspaper closed in 1889.[2]
- 1 August: The New Zealand Industrial Exhibition opens in Wellington[3]
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:Horse racing in New Zealand.
Rowing
The Wellington Rowing Club is formed in Wellington.[4]
Rugby union
The Nelson union is formed.[5] 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)
- 24 February: Charles Cotton, geologist.
- 8 September: Robert Laidlaw, businessman.
- 12 June: John Sheehan, politician.
- Full date unknown:
- William John Larkin, New Zealand priest, Irish nationalist and newspaper proprietor[6]
- General
- Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7
- Specific
- "SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885". Te Aroha News. 30 May 1885.
- "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
- "History of Wellington Rowing Club". Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
- Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
- Vaney, Neil. "William John Larkin". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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