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R.S. McKenzie & J. Willis Form Historic Partnership – 1906
McKenzie & Willis, the South Island’s leading home furnishing retailer, began as a house and land agency that also dabbled in auctioning of second-hand furniture as a side business. They took up the first floor of the one year old Royal Exchange Building (now demolished but was located at the western cnr of Cathedral Square and …
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New Zealand’s First Stand Alone Car Race – 26th December 1905
On 26 December 1905, the Automobile Association hosted the Great Automobile Gymkhana at Addington Raceway. 30 cars featured. Numerous races took place, including the one believed to be the first stand alone car race in New Zealand. The Automobile Association – known today as the AA – was only 2 years old at the time …
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Bob Deans Scored The Try That Never Was…Apparently – 16th December 1905
On 16 December 1905, while on the first All Black’s international overseas rugby tour, Christchurch born player, Bob Deans scores the only try of the game against Wales. Unfortunately for the All Blacks, by the time the referee made it down to the goal line, the Welsh had pulled Deans back over the line. The …
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The Cathedral Of The Blessed Sacrament Opened – 12th February 1905
Despite of the Barbadoes Street section of land – allotted by the Canterbury Provincial Council – being rather water-logged, Christchurch’s Roman Catholics couldn’t hide the excitement of the arrival of spiritual leaders in the city and the upcoming plans of a church building in 1857. In October 1860, after being built elsewhere and transported to …
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