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1918 In New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1918 in New Zealand. The jubilation over the end of World War I was overshadowed by the Spanish flu pandemic reaching New Zealand. In four months, it is estimated that over 8600 New Zealanders died of the disease and between one third and one half of the population were infected. The death rate for Māori was estimated at 42 per thousand (approx 2,160 deaths) compared to 5.6 per 1000 (6,400 deaths) for European New Zealanders. Incumbents Regal and viceregal * Head of State – George V * Governor-General – Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool File:George V - BANQ.png, George V File:2ndEarlOfLiverpool.jpg, Lord Liverpool Government The 19th New Zealand Parliament continues for a fourth year as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party. * Speaker of the House – Frederic Lang (Reform Party) * Prime Minister – William Massey (Reform Party) * Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (Liberal Party) File:Frederic Lang.jpg, Frede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Stout
Sir Robert Stout (28 September 1844 – 19 July 1930) was a New Zealand politician who was the 13th premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices. He was noted for his support of liberal causes such as women's suffrage, and for his strong belief that philosophy and theory should always triumph over political expediency. Early life Born in the town of Lerwick in Scotland's Shetland Islands, Stout retained a strong attachment to the Shetland Islands throughout his life. He received a good education and eventually qualified as a teacher. He also qualified as a surveyor in 1860. He became highly interested in politics through his extended family, which often met to discuss and debate political issues of the day. Stout was exposed to many different political philosophies during his youth. In 1863, Stout emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand. Once there, he quickly became in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1918. Events *January 1 – The English novelist and wartime propagandist Hall Caine is made a Knight of the KBE. * January 2 – The English novelist Marie Corelli is convicted under wartime legislation against hoarding food. *January 18 – The first edition of '' Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine'' appears. *January 23 – The English poet Robert Graves marries the painter Nancy Nicholson in London. The wedding guests include Wilfred Owen, whose first nationally published poem appears three days later ("Miners" in ''The Nation''). He will be killed by the end of the year. *March **The Telemachus episode in James Joyce's ''Ulysses'' is published in serialized form in the U.S. journal ''The Little Review''. **The English novelist Alec Waugh is taken prisoner of war. He will be incarcerated in Mainz Citadel with the monologist J. Milton Hayes, also taken prisoner this year, and Hugh Kings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 In Art
Events from the year 1918 in art. Events * February – British War Memorials Committee formed to commission artworks to create a memorial to the World War I, including a (never-built) Hall of Remembrance. * February 16 – Joan Miró's first solo exhibition opens at the Galeries Dalmau; his work is ridiculed and defaced. * March – C. R. W. Nevinson has an exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in London. His war painting ''Paths of Glory'', condemned by the British Army censor for its depiction of dead soldiers, is displayed by the artist with a brown paper strip across the bodies bearing the word "Censored" and subsequently replaced in the exhibition by a painting of a tank. * May – Stanley Spencer, a serving British Army soldier, is appointed as an official war artist. A similar appointment is made this year for Australian soldier Frank R. Crozier. * May 3 – William Orpen's exhibition ''War'' opens in London; the paintings are donated to the British government. He is kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RMS Niagara
RMS ''Niagara'' was a Transpacific crossing, transpacific Steamship, steam ocean liner, Royal Mail Ship and Reefer ship, refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1912 in Scotland and sunk in 1940 by a Naval mine, mine off the coast of New Zealand. Her regular route was between Port Jackson, Sydney and Vancouver via Ports of Auckland, Auckland, Suva and Honolulu Harbor, Honolulu. In her 27-year career she made 162 round trips between Australia, New Zealand and Canada and sailed nearly . ''Niagara'' was owned firstly by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (popularly known as the "Union Company"), and later by the Canadian-Australasian Line, which was jointly owned by the Union Company and CP Ships, Canadian Pacific. Like many Union Company ships, she was registered in Port of London, London in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom. ''Niagara'' was built to burn either coal or oil. She was the first oil-burning steamship to be certificated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
