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]
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]
^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.
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]
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]
^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.