DONALD DINNIE.
A FAMOUS ATHLETE
Writing on April 21, the London correspondent of the Otago Daily Times said:
A few weeks ago I was lunching with a well-known officer of the New Zealand' Medical Service—a Scot—in a London hostelry almost as well known. We were talking about Scotland, and a solitary stranger opposite sat silent ■, for some time. At length, being a Scot himself, he had to admit it and join in the conversation. He had been a great athlete in his youth—a wrestler, runner, tosser of the caber, and sundry other things that are approved by Deeside, and by-an-bye he drew from his breast pocket a letter, which he was evidently treasuring. It was not scores of years old. As a matter of fact, ho had only received it the previous day, ant] it was from one Donald Dinnie, 'written in a clear, even hand, more like that of a man of 30 than of one of 80. The surprise to me was that Donald Dinnie was still alive. It is long enough since he was a tradition amongst the frequenters of New Year's Day . snorUs meetings in New Zealand, arid then he was always talked of as one of the earlier generation. Nevertheless he was alive, and was actually living in Portland road, Notting Hill Gate, his chief means of support being an annuity resulting from the fund raised 30 years ago by a great benefit performance at the London Scottish Hall.
[Donald Dinnie died shortly afterwards.] t s
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 8 June 1916, Page 2
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251DONALD DINNIE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 8 June 1916, Page 2
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