1934 in New Zealand

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1934 in New Zealand:

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1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937

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 Chess 6.2 Golf 6.3 Horse racing 6.3.1 Harness racing 6.3.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.4 Rugby 6.5 Rugby league 6.6 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,558,400 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1933: 11,300 (0.73%)
• Males per 100 Females: 103.3

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - George William Forbes
• Minister of Finance - Gordon Coates (Reform Party)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George William Forbes
• Attorney-General - George William Forbes

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Michael Joseph Savage (Labour Party). ^[3]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Daniel Giles Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox

[edit] Events

• 6 February: Treaty house and grounds at Waitangi dedicated as a national reserve.
• 28 June: Third session of the 24th Parliament commences.^[4]
• 10 November: Third session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
• Banknotes issued by the new Reserve Bank replace those issued by the Trading Banks, see New Zealand pound.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1934 in art , 1934 in literature, Category:1934 books

[edit] Music

See: 1934 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1934 film awards , 1934 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1934 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] Chess

• The 43rd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by J.B. Dunlop, of Dunedin, his fourth title. ^[5]

[edit] Golf

• The 24th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew J. Shaw, his 6th title. ^[6]
• The 38th National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui ^[7]
  • Men: B. M. Silk (Wanganui)
  • Women: Miss B. Gaisford - her second title.

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Indianapolis ^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Roi L'Or ^[9]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Rugby

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

• the Bledisloe Cup was won by Australia, with one win and one draw.
• The Ranfurly Shield changed hands twice: Canterbury lost their first defence to Hawkes Bay 0-9. Hawkes Bay defended the shield against Wanganui 39-16 and Taranaki 23-8 before losing it to Auckland 14-18.

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Auckland Thistle who beat Christchurch Thistle 2—1 in the final. ^[10]
• Provincial league champions: ^[11]
  • Auckland: Thistle
  • Canterbury: Thistle
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
  • Nelson: YMCA
  • Otago: King Edward Technical College Old Boys
  • Southland: Southern
  • Taranaki: Stratford
  • Waikato: Huntly Starr Utd
  • Wanganui: Thistle
  • Wellington: Marist

[edit] Births

• 10 February: Fleur Adcock, poet.
• 9 April: Bill Birch, politician.
• 1 August: John Beck, cricketer.
• 22 October: Donald McIntyre, opera singer.
• 13 November: Peter Arnett, TV journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• 26 December: Don Hunn, diplomat and civil servant.

• Pamela Allen, children's book illustrator.
• Matiu Rata, politician.
• Peter Wilkinson, politician.

Category:1934 births

[edit] Deaths

• 6 May: Sir Henry Wigram, businessman and politician.
• 22 June: James Courtney, soldier.
• 13 July: Kate Sheppard, suffragette.

• Carlo Bergamini, sculptor
• Thomas Davey, politician.
• George Fowlds, politician.
• Sir Edwin Mitchelson, politician.

Category:1934 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 1934 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1934