1885 in New Zealand

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Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – Queen Victoria
Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois.

Government and law

The 9th New Zealand 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 – Charles Hulbert
Mayor of Dunedin – Arthur Scoular followed by John Barnes
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]
1 August: The New Zealand Industrial Exhibition opens in Wellington^[3]

Sport

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)

Births

24 February: Charles Cotton, geologist.
8 September: Robert Laidlaw, businessman.

Deaths

12 June: John Sheehan, politician.
Full date unknown:
- William John Larkin, New Zealand priest, Irish nationalist and newspaper proprietor^[6]

References

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.
^ "The 1885 New Zealand Industrial Exhibition - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". Retrieved 26 April 2012.
^ "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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