Dillon, John , Farmer, “Winning Park,” Otama. Mr Dillon was born at Courtwood, Queen's County, Ireland, in 1846, and was brought up to farming. He arrived in Australia in 1862, visited New Zealand the following year, and on his return to Australia followed the diggings for some years in various parts of the country. In 1877, Mr Dillon finally settled in New Zealand, and took up land at Gore. He afterwards sold his Gore property and bought “Winning Park,” a compact farm of 400 acres at Otama, where he carries on mixed farming, and he also owns another farm of about 500 acres near Riversdale. Mr Dillon has been a member of the Otama and Croydon school committees. He was married, in 1876, to a daughter of the late Mr Thomas Ree, of Caithness, Scotland, and has eight sons.