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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1911 in New Zealand .
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition –
William Massey (
Reform Party ).
[2]
Main centre leaders
Events
The Marlborough Herald ceases publication. It began in 1905.
[3]
30 January: The final race meeting at which
bookmakers are allowed on New Zealand racecourses.
[4]
5 February: The first officially recorded powered aeroplane flight in new Zealand. The
Walsh Brothers ' Howard Wright biplane Manurewa makes its first flight at Glenora Park,
Papakura near
Auckland .
[5] The plane is capable of carrying a passenger and almost certainly did so before the end of the year.
[6]
1 June: Women could no longer be employed as barmaids (with exemptions for existing barmaids and for relations of publicans).
[7]
23 December:
George Bolt 's first flights, in an early form of
hang-glider .
[5]
Undated
Arthur Schaef makes short powered hops in his first aircraft, the New Zealand Vogel , at
Lyall Bay ,
Wellington .
[5]
Arts and literature
See
1911 in art ,
1911 in literature
Music
See:
1911 in music
Film
See:
Category:1911 film awards ,
1911 in film ,
List of New Zealand feature films ,
Cinema of New Zealand ,
Category:1911 films
Sport
Athletics
Three New Zealanders, Guy Haskins, Ron Opie and William A. Woodger, compete in the
Festival of Empire meeting in London, a forerunner of the Empire (now Commonwealth) Games.
[8]
Chess
The 24th National Chess Championship was held in Timaru, and was won by W.E. Mason of Wellington, his third title.
[9]
Golf
Men's
The fifth
New Zealand Open championship was held in Wanganui and was won by amateur
Arthur Duncan , his third win.
[10]
The 19th National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui
[11]
Women's
Matchplay: Miss ? Brandon.
[12]
Strokeplay (1st championship): Mrs G. Williams
Horse racing
Harness racing
Rugby league
Rugby union
Auckland defend the
Ranfurly Shield against South Auckland (21–5) and Poverty Bay (29–10)
Soccer
A provincial league commences in
Wanganui
Provincial league champions:
[15]
Auckland:
Ponsonby AFC (Auckland)
Canterbury: Burnham Industrial School
Otago: Mornington
Southland: Nightcaps
Taranaki: Manaia
Wanganui: Wanganui
Wellington: Wellington Swifts
Births
13 January:
Joh Bjelke-Petersen , Premier of Queensland (Australia).
24 January:
Alfred Hulme , Victoria Cross winner.
17 February:
Saul Goldsmith , political candidate.
28 February:
J. A. W. Bennett , literary scholar.
30 March:
David Russell , George Cross winner.
13 April:
Jim Clayton , rower.
2 May:
Ina Pickering , cricketer.
17 June:
Allen Curnow , poet and journalist.
29 September:
Harry Lake , politician.
12 December (in England):
Joe Bootham , painter.
Deaths
Category:1911 deaths
See also
References
^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990 . ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^
"Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition" . Archived from
the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008 .
^
"History in the making" .
The Marlborough Express . 6 July 2004.
Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008 .
^
NZhistory.net
^
a
b
c Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History . Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed.
ISBN
0-589-00905-2
^ A picture in Rendel, p. 7, shows both Walsh brothers in the aircraft although it is still on the ground.
^
"Flashback: when New Zealand banned barmaids?" . Stuff (Fairfax). 1 December 2018.
^
Te ARa: Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 – Olympiads and Empire Games
^
List of New Zealand Chess Champions
Archived 14 October 2008 at the
Wayback Machine
^
History of NZ open: TVNZ
^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966).
"Men's Golf – National Champions" . An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009 .
^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966).
"GOLF, WOMEN'S Competitions and Championships" . An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009 .
^
"List of NZ Trotting cup winners" . Archived from
the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009 .
^
Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
Archived 17 June 2009 at the
Wayback Machine
^
"New Zealand: List of champions" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009 .
^
Catholic Encyclopedia
^ Maclean, Sally.
"Puna Himene Te Rangimarie" .
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography .
Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 27 August 2021 .
External links
Media related to
1911 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
1911 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand