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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 February 1939, Page 5 (Supplement)

Wearing a Ealmoral cap and kilt of Argyll and Sutherland tartan, Mr Philip Dyson, a Scotsman resident in London, made a striking figure as he stepped from the cruise ship Oronsay on its arrival at Auckland. Mr Dyson said he had never worn any other costume but that of his native land, and was oblivious to the curious attention he attracted from peoples outside Scotland and England, where it was not uncommon to see men wearing the kilt. “There is one thing I am always sure of when I wear my kilt,” said Mr Dyson. “I am never short of friends. There are Scotsmen everywhere, and at times it seems as though every second person is one. Moreover, I soon make their acquaintance, as they soon make themselves known to me on seeing my dress.”