The Right Honourable Sir Francis H. D. Bell, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.,: His Life and Times
Contents
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- [covers]
- [Limited Edition Number]
- [halftitle]
- [trailer]
- [frontispiece]
- [title page]
- [dedication]
- Preface p. vii
- Contents p. xiii
- List of Illustrations p. xvii
- [epigraph] p. xviii
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- Chapter I. — Ancestry p. 1
- Chapter II. — The First Generation. — Sir Francis Dillon Bell, 1822-1898 p. 9
- Chapter III. — Sir Francis Bell. — His Birth and Early Days p. 23
- Chapter IV. — Early Days in Auckland p. 27
- Chapter V. — School Life in Dunedin p. 35
- Chapter VI. — Legal Education in England p. 43
- Chapter VII. — Sixty Years at the Bar p. 54
- Chapter VIII. — Bell Enters Parliament p. 62
- Chapter IX. Mayor of Wellington p. 74
- Chapter X. — Bell Becomes a Minister of the Crown, 1912 p. 81
- Chapter XI. — Legislative Council Reform p. 93
- Chapter XII. — The World War, 1914 p. 105
- Chapter XIII. — The National Government, 1915 p. 117
- Chapter XIV. — Bell Fights for the Quakers p. 122
- Chapter XV. — Views on Various War Problems p. 131
- Chapter XVI. — War Weariness—A Great Speech p. 144
- Chapter XVII. — Bell as Attorney-General—Problems of Bench, Bar, and Juries p. 153
- Chapter XVIII. — Dissolution of National Government p. 169
- Chapter XIX. — Acting Prime Minister, 1921 p. 173
- Chapter XX. — He Initiates a New Forest Policy p. 190
- Chapter XXI. — Bell Visits London, 1922 p. 200
- Chapter XXII. — The League of Nations and Samoa p. 212
- Chapter XXIII. — Land Transfer Reform p. 223
- Chapter XXIV. — Massey's Last Parliament, 1923 to 1925 p. 228
- Chapter XXV. — Bell Becomes Prime Minister, 1925 p. 237
- Chapter XXVI. — The Coates Ministry, 1925-1928 p. 245
- Chapter XXVII. — Some Empire Problems and the League of Nations, 1926 p. 251
- Chapter XXVIII. — New Zealand and the Empire p. 264
- Chapter XXIX. — Out of Office—1928-1936 p. 275
- Chapter XXX. — Conclusion. — Personal Characteristics And Private Life p. 289
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- Appendix A. — Appeals to the Privy Council p. 310
- Appendix B. — Early Days In Dunedin p. 312
- Index p. 315