Index

A
Advocacy of violence	186
Aged and Infirm Persons Protection	299
Agent-General, Dillon Bell's views	17
Allen, Sir James, and Bible in Schools	122
Complaints against	136
Bell defends	137
Letters from Bell	231, 235, 238, 242
and conscription	122
America and the War	145
Ancestry of Bell	1 et seq.
Anti-conscriptionists	132, 144
Anzacs	118
Appeal, Court of, and Hall Trial	58
Proposed	56
Arnold, Thos., quoted	12
Asquith, H. H., and Bell	294, viii
Atkinson, Sir Harry	16, 19, 62
Attorney-General, Bell as	153 et seq.
Auckland Law Society and R. A. Singer	153
Australia, H.M.A.S	115-16

B
Balfour formula	262
Ballance, Hon. John	19, 96
Bar, Sixty years at the	54
Bar Council in England	155, 157
Barclay of Urie	3
Barristers, Rights of	153 et seq.
Bell, Arthur, Letters to	5, 6, 22, 34, 173, 187, 203-11, 250-51, 276, 282, 284
His narrative of early days	27
Bell, Cheviot, War Service	110
Miss Enid	110
Ernest	110
Miss Violet	110
W. H. D	109
Bell-Sewell Ministry	12, 24
"Bell Block" (Taranaki)	11
(Hutt)	24
Bell, Sir F. D	9et seq.95f
Bell, Sir F. H. D., on Censorship	182
as Crown Prosecutor	163
Attorney-General	153
Leader of Council	171 page 316
Bell, Sir F. H. D., as Prime Minister	237
Commissioner of State Forests	192
Bett, Dr. (Nelson)	26f
Bill of Rights	159
Bledisloe, Lord, and Waitangi Gift	299
Letters to Bell	92, 300, 308
Boys' High School, Otago	36
Bright, John	129
Byron quoted	147

C
Cabinet crisis	110
Bell's work in	295
Cadet Corps	39
Cambridge, St. John College	43
Campbell, A. B	59, 306
"Cannibalism, Political"	98f
Cartoon of Bell	291
Cecil, Lord	261
Censorship	174
Chamberlain, Sir Austin	214, 257
Chapman, Lady, her history of Quakers	3
Chapman, J	57
Martin, K.C	175
Christie, J. (C.M.G.)	107, 207
Churchill, Winston	205
Civis Britannicus sum	201
Classics, Bell's love of	318
Cricket, Bell's interest in	305
Coal-miners and War Regulations	135
Coates, Rt. Hon. J. G., and Forestry	198
elected Leader	238, 240
Bell's praise of	242
Ministry	245 et seq.
Defeat of	275
Letters to	246, 252-53, 257
Colonial Law Journal	60
Communist programme	179-82
Conscientious objectors	125-27
Conscription	122
Constitution Act and Legislative Council	95
Judges' salaries	159
Contributory negligence	147
Conversion of Public Debt	286
Cross-examination, Right of	157
Council of New Zealand Law Society	156
Council, Proposed Empire	267
Council of the League	257
Curacoa, H.M.S	34

D
Death Duties	65
Deeds Registration	223
Democracy and censorship	183
Defence Department	138
De Latour, C, on Bell	227
Denniston, J	57 page 317
Deputations and Bell	293
Disraeli	48
Divorce Law	161
Dominions and Hague Tribunal	255
Domett Ministry	13
Drainage of Wellington	77
Dunedin, Early life in	35

E
Earthquake of 1848	25
1855	24
Edwards, J	153
Election, General, 1890	62
1893	67
1911	82
1914	117
1919	171
1922	228
1925	245
1928	275
1931	283
1935	283
Election, By, 1892	65
In England, 1874	49
Ellis, Captain MacIntosh	193, 199
Empire naturalization	200
problems	251, 264
Evans, Mr. Herbert	60f
Exchange rate	285
Expeditionary Force	110, 144

F
"Father of Forestry," Bell as	195
Fenton, Judge	57
Ferguson, Sir R. Munro	113
Fergusson, Sir Charles	283
Finance, Municipal	79
Fisher, Hon. F. M. B	83
and Expeditionary Force	112 et seq.
Flour-milling case	247
Foreign policy	272
Forbes, Rt. Hon. G. W	277, 282
Forest policy	190
Fox Ministry	13
Fraser, Hon. Peter	303
Fraser, Sir William	83
Freehold v. Leasehold	64
Freemason, Bell as Grand Master	299

G
Gallio as a Judge	176
Geneva	253
Germany enters League	256
Gisborne's Rulers and Statesmen, quoted	13, 21page 318
Godley, General	108, 120
Gorst, Sir John	31, 44, 48
Graduated land-tax	87
Grey, Sir George	16, 95

H
Hague Court	253, 255
Haldane, Lord, letters to Bell	60
Hall, Thos., Trial of	57
Hall-Jones, Sir William	145-47
Hall-Thompson, Captain R. N	114-15
Harper, Sir George	304
Hawken, Hon. O., and Forestry	198
Herald, New Zealand, on Bell	84
Herdman, Sir A.	83, 153
Herries, Sir William	83
High Commissioner, Status of	266
Holker, Sir John, Q.C., M.P	44
Holland, H., M.P., and censorship	179
Hort, Margaret	13
Hospitality, Bell's	301
Hulme Court, Auckland	27
Hurst, Sir Cecil	254

I
Ibuki, H.L.J.M.S	111, 114
Immigration	88
Restriction	128, 206
Imperial Conference, 1923	268
1926	261
Imperial Council (proposed)	270
Imperial Legislation and New Zealand	207
International Court of Justice	254
Ireland and Hague Tribunal	255
Isitt, Hon. L. M	302
Izard, C. B	45, 52

J
Jellicoe, Lord, Correspondence with	187, 232, 239, 241
Johnston, Mrs. Harold	110
Jordan, W. J., High Commissioner	260
Judges, Bell's correspondence with	154
and the Crown	160
salaries	158
Jury, Trial by	162
Juries in civil cases	164, 166
Grand, Bell defends	164
Justices, Women, Bell's view	168

K
Keith, Berriedale, Professor	18f
Kinder, Dr	28
Kitchener, Lord	47

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L
Labour Party	229, 275
Lands Department	191
Land-tenure	64, 85-86
Land Transfer reform	223
Law Society, Auckland	153
New Zealand	61
Wellington	61
League of Nations	212, 221. 256
Lease in perpetuity	85
Legal education, Bell's	43
career, Bell's	54
Legislative Council Reform	93 et seq.
Legitimation Act	161
Libel action, Bell v. Fair Play	68
Liberal Party	229
Liberty of speech	184
Licensing Bill	118
Liverpool, Lord	110 et seq.
Local-body finance	79
Longueval	210

M
McCombs, J., M.P.	100, 133
MacGregor, Hon. John	161
McKenzie, Sir John	70
Macnaghten, Lord, quoted	60
Mandate, Samoan	212
Commission	256
Maori chiefs	30
Marriage law	167
Married men, Conscription of	146
Marriott on Second Chambers	104
Massey, Rt. Hon. W. F.	81, 96, 105, 117, 171, 228, 231, 235, 276, 290
Mau rebellion	220
Mayor, Bell as	74
Milner, Lord	271
Ministerial run	14, 35
crisis	110
Minotaur, H.M.S	111, 114
Miramar, proposed purchase	78
Mitchelson, Sir E	63, 194, 197
Morley, Lord	223, 294
Mortgages Extension Act	107
Myers, Sir M., C.J.	59, 163

N
Nalder, Mr., and Land Transfer reform	226
Nash, Hon. Walter	274, 303
National Government formed	117 et seq.
dissolved	169
National Register	122
Nationality and status of aliens	202
Naturalization	200 page 320
Negligence, Contributory	167
New Zealand Company	10
Nosworthy, Sir W	248

O
O.B. and F. Reports	61
Ormond, Hon. J. D	145, 147
Otago Boys' High School	36
Ottawa Agreement	285

P
Parliament, Bell enters	62
Parr, Sir James, becomes High Commissioner	246
Patey, Admiral	115-16
Personal characteristics, Bell's	289
Philomel, H.M.S	113-15
Pledges, War, quoted by Bell	146
Pomare, Sir M., in Massey's Cabinet	83
Prince of Wales honours Bell	209
Private life of Bell	289
Privy Council	59
list of cases	60, 310
Property-tax	65
Proportional representation	95-98
Psyche, H.M.S	114
Public Expenditure Adjustment Act	159
Pyramus,. H.M.S	115

Q
Quaker ancestry	1 et. seq.
Quakers and conscription	122
Quakers and oath of allegiance	128

R
Railway Bill, 1894, and political control	72
Red Europe	180
Reduction of interest	287
Referendum (Australian) on conscription	132
Religious objectors	124
Rent Restriction Bill	302
Resident Minister in London	265
Returned Soldiers, Land for	138-43
Revolutionary literature	177
Rex v. Clark	153
Richardson, Sir George, on Samoa	215
Rhodes, Sir Heaton	83, 119, 308
Rolleston, Hon. William	20
Rolleston, Mrs. Iris, and Soldiers Hospital	110
Rolleston, Hon. F. J., Attorney-General	246
Bell to	247
Russell, Lord, of Killowen	58

S
Sacrifices, War	145, 147
Salaries of Judges	158 page 321
Salmond, Sir John, Solicitor-General	105, 107, 208
Bell's tribute	106
and sectarian controversy	175
and naturalization	204
Samoa	212
Samoan Expeditionary Force	114
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau	110
Sectarian controversy	174
Seddon, Rt. Hon. R. J.	70
Seddon, T. E. Y., letter from Bell	298
Sedgwick plan for immigrants	89
Sedition	185
Correspondence with Mr. McCombs, M.P	133-34
Mr. Holland, M.P	177
Shag Valley Station	41
Sidey, Sir Thomas	263
Simmons, Rev. Frank	36
Simon, Sir John	248
Sinclair, Sir John	265 et seq.
Singer, R. A., and Judge Edwards	153
Single men and conscription	146
Society of Friends (See "Quakers")	129
Somme Front	210
Sport, Bell's interest in	305
Stalemate, Political (1914)	117
State forests	191
Statham, Sir Charles	104, 230
Stewart, W. Downie, letters from Bell	201, 234, 278, 285, 287, vii
Stout, Sir R	20, 40, 57f, 67

T
Three-party system discussed	275
Tichborne Trial	51
Toronto Conference on Empire Affairs	272
Tourists, Bell's view	91
Triggs, Hon. Mr., quoted	94

U
United Party	275
United States and Hague	253
"Upright man" defined	151

V
Violence, Advocacy of, discussed	186
Vogel, Sir Julius, and Forestry	193

W
War problems, Bell's view	131
War Regulations	135, 175, 184
weariness	144
World (1914)	105
Waitara purchase disallowed	13
Wakefield, E. Gibbon	3, 300page 322
Ward, Sir Joseph, and Legislative Council	99
Forestry	197
the War	144
Wellington, Bell Mayor	74
Westminster, Statute of	262
Wharf labourers, War Regulations	135
Whitaker-Atkinson Government	95
Whitaker, Sir F.	55, 95, 290
Williams, Sir Joshua	57f
Women J.P.'s, Bell's view	168
Working-class literature	177
Wright, R. A, Hon., M.P	246

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