28 September:
Prime MinisterRichard Seddon asks Parliament to approve the offer to the imperial government of a contingent of mounted rifles and the raising of such a force if the offer were accepted and thus becoming the first
British Colony to send troops to the
Boer war. The first
New Zealand Army contingent leaves for
South Africa before the end of the year.
2 November: Balloonist David Maloney (alias Captain Charles Lorraine) is blown out to sea after taking off from
Lancaster Park. The balloon crashes into the sea and although Maloney is seen to survive by the time rescuers arrive there is no sign of him and his body is never found.[3] This is the first aviation fatality in New Zealand.[4]
^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.
^As the New Zealand Bowling Association at this time consists entirely of South Island clubs, the first truly "national" championships are not deemed to have begun until
1914.
28 September:
Prime MinisterRichard Seddon asks Parliament to approve the offer to the imperial government of a contingent of mounted rifles and the raising of such a force if the offer were accepted and thus becoming the first
British Colony to send troops to the
Boer war. The first
New Zealand Army contingent leaves for
South Africa before the end of the year.
2 November: Balloonist David Maloney (alias Captain Charles Lorraine) is blown out to sea after taking off from
Lancaster Park. The balloon crashes into the sea and although Maloney is seen to survive by the time rescuers arrive there is no sign of him and his body is never found.[3] This is the first aviation fatality in New Zealand.[4]
^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.
^As the New Zealand Bowling Association at this time consists entirely of South Island clubs, the first truly "national" championships are not deemed to have begun until
1914.