1929 in New Zealand

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1929 in New Zealand:

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1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932

Contents 1 Population 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 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Badminton 6.2 Chess 6.3 Golf 6.4 Horse racing 6.4.1 Harness racing 6.4.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.5 Rugby 6.6 Rugby league 6.7 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,486,100 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1928: 18,700 (1.27%)
• Males per 100 Females: 104.1

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO ^[2]

[edit] Government

The TBDth New Zealand Parliament continued.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - TBD
• Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward (United)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Gordon Coates (Reform) ^[3]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - George Troup
• Mayor of Christchurch - J. K. Archer
• Mayor of Dunedin - William Burgoyne Taverner, succeeded by Robert Sheriff Black

[edit] Events

• 9 March: 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake: A quake of Richter Magnitude 7.1 in the Arthur's Pass area causes extensive landslips and damage to roads and railways. There are no injuries. ^[4]
• 17 June: An earthquake of Richter Magnitude 7.8 causes the deaths of 17 people and causes great damage in Murchison and surrounding areas ^[5]
• 29 October: Black Tuesday. Wall Street crash triggers the 10 year Great Depression.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1929 in art, 1929 in literature, Category:1929 books

[edit] Music

See: 1929 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1929 film awards , 1929 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1929 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

[edit] Badminton

• National Champions
  • Men's singles: J. Southon
  • Women's singles: A. Ellett
  • Men's doubles: T. Kelly and J. McLean
  • Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
  • Mixed doubles: T. Kelly and A. Ellett

[edit] Chess

The 38th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Melbourne. ^[6]

[edit] Golf

• The 19th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew J. Shaw. ^[7]
• The 33rd National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui ^[8]
  • Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) - 3rd title
  • Women: Mrs ? Dodgshun

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Peter Bingen - 2nd win ^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Gold Jacket - 2nd win ^[10]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland)
• Provincial league champions: ^[11]
  • Auckland: Tramways
  • Canterbury: Thistle
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
  • Nelson: Thistle
  • Otago: Seacliff
  • South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Stratford
  • Waikato: Claudelands Rovers
  • Wanganui: Thistle
  • Wellington: Diamond

[edit] Births

• 16 February: Venn Young, politician.
• 12 March: William Liley, pioneering surgeon.
• 9 April, Fred Hollows, eye surgeon.
• 25 April: Yvette Williams, athlete.
• 2 May: Graham Gedye, cricketer.
• 4 September: Howard Charles Clark, chemist.
• 28 October (In India): Tom Puna, cricketer.
• November: Trevor McMahon, cricketer.
• 28 November: Raymond Hitchcock, cricketer.
• 14 December: Ron Jarden, rugby union player.
• 19 December: Michael Fowler, architect, mayor of Wellington.

• Miles Warren, architect.

Category:1929 births

[edit] Deaths

• 13 February: Charles Skerrett, Chief Justice of New Zealand.
• 23 September: Sir George Fenwick, newspaper editor and proprietor.
• 25 October: Charles Chilton, zoologist

• John Findlay, politician.
• Alex F. Lithgow, composer.
• Albert Pitt, politician.
• Sir James Glenny Wilson, politician.

Category:1929 deaths

[edit] References

[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 1929 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1929