WHO'S SHAKESPEARE?
1 A pendant to the story of the Aucklaiid'T who wanted to know what (Sums had done io deserve a statue is supplied by the gallant Dr. Buck, otherwise known as To ltangrhiroa. Dr. [Suck explains that the .Maori Pioneers at the front for a time lost the designation .Maori, and the men felt sore about it. One day he came across a "grousing" ".Maori soldier, and asked | him what was the matter. Hori, a typical back-country Native, held forth on the grievance of the lost name. The .Maoris, he said, wanted to be known as .Maoris. They had come to NewZealand centuries ago, whereas the pakeha was quite a '•'young feller." "Never mind," asid Dr. Buck, consolingly, "what's in a name, unyhoni: You remember what Shakespeare said about names: 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' " ••Shakespeare:" replied Hori. "who te hell's Shakespeare? What reinforcement he come over in.' What company he in."-'
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 25 July 1919, Page 4
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159WHO'S SHAKESPEARE? Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 25 July 1919, Page 4
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