Icloud not syncing properly

I have an iMac a new Macbook Pro retina display, an iPad and last week got the new iPhone 6 ... Previously all three Apple products worked properly together - well the iMac and iPad [which were what I was using].  Then hubby bought me the Macbook Pro, which has not taken all music from iPad / iMac nor has it synced other data, calendars etc.
Now that I have the new iPhone 6, when I came to check things, I have noticed that all my contacts have disappeared bar a few select ones and all my Calendar entries going back 5 years has just disappeared.  This has happened since I switched on my iPhone.
I don't know what to do, am very frustrated as I'm a huge Apple fan, but this is just beyond disturbing!

It's important to realise that there is only one copy of your Contacts and Calendars, it lives at iCloud.com and your devices (all of them) get the same thing. If your calendars are gone from iCloud.com you're going to need a backup copy.
? Do the calendars exist on any device? Do you backup your Mac?
On each device verify the iCloud calendar and contacts are set as the default (if you do not have any accounts other than iCloud this does not apply)
iTunes likewise has one Library, the iTunes library, quite separate from any iCloud connection. Again, you should keep a backup of it. You can download all tunes purchased from iTunes whenever you want, if you use iTunes Match you can download all the music in your iTunes library regardless of how it got there.
In iTunes, ensure that 'Show Music in the Cloud' is checked. (View Menu)

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