MISCELLANEOUS.
» Upon entering an hotel at Bulls one evening (says the Bangitikei Advocate,) we were struck with extraordinary rhetorical talent displayed by a fine looking young man, apparently about years of age, who was reciting in fine style some selections from the Merchant of Venice. Upon inquiry we found his name was Gotty, a New Zealand half" caste, whose fa' her at one time had a station near Wanganni. This young fellow, who now occupies his time and uses his talent in no better way than splitting posfs fop the Maorieg, among whom he lives, gained high honors at Oxford, and at London University took the first prize for elocution against all comers. The prize, a costly volume of 'The Lays of Ancient Rome,' bears the autographs of Bishop Selwyn and the Huht Hon. W. E. Gladstone, by whosQ hands it was presented.
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 14 June 1880, Page 2
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143MISCELLANEOUS. Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 14 June 1880, Page 2
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