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1935
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See also:

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,569,700 [1]
  • Increase since previous 31/12/1934: 11,300 (0.73%)
  • Males per 100 females: 103.1

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party. In November the New Zealand general election, 1935 resulted in a massive win for the opposition Labour Party.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events

  • 13 February: Fourth session of the 24th Parliament commences.[4]
  • 5 April: Parliament goes into recess.
  • 29 June: The Christchurch Times ceases publication. The newspaper began as the Lyttelton Times in 1851.[5]
  • 29 August: Parliament recommences.
  • 26 October: Fourth session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
  • 1 November: The 24th Parliament is dissolved.
  • 26 November: Voting in the four Māori electorates for the 1935 General Election.
  • 27 November: Voting in the 76 general electorates for the 1935 General Election.

Arts and literature

See 1935 in art, 1935 in literature, Category:1935 books

Music

See: 1935 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1935 film awards, 1935 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1935 films

Sport

Chess

  • The 44th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Invercargill.[6]

Golf

  • The 25th New Zealand Open championship was won by Alex Murray.[7]
  • The 39th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch [8]
    • Men: J.P. Hornabrook (Masterton)
    • Women: Miss J. Anderson

Horse racing

Harness racing

Rugby

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

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

  • The Chatham Cup is won by Hospital of Wellington who beat Western of Christchurch 3—1 in the final.[11]
  • Provincial league champions: [12]
    • Auckland: Ponsonby AFC (Auckland)
    • Canterbury: Western
    • Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
    • Nelson: YMCA
    • Otago: Maori Hill
    • Southland: Corinthians
    • Waikato: Huntly Starr Utd
    • Wanganui: Thistle
    • Wellington: Hospital

Births

Category:1935 births

Deaths

Category:1935 deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  5. ^ "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical publications 1840-2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.
  6. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
  7. ^ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  8. ^ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
  11. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
  12. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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