\wmlseiccn vaptti on his cur. In vain 

 a™ explained that, whenever visihihiv 

 w « impaired by mud or insect 

 splodges, be simply wiped the glass 

 clean with a handkerchief — surely 

 lhat was sufficient'' "Mr. Hunter'*, 

 Misled the ollicer, "the Law nyuircs 

 (fiat you m-sial windscteen wipers". 

 ,\|| Bill could snort was "Then / 

 definitely consider the l aw is an 



'On another occasion , when Ivcak- 

 hifat with a camp-mate, he suddenly 

 lapsed into silence and refused to 

 speak fot several days. At last his 

 unhappy companion eould bear the 

 tension nci lunger and said: "Look 

 here. Hill, we can't go on like this. 

 lVh,if\ the trouble? If I've olfended 

 MP in any way, then out with it". 



Reluctantly. Dill confessed Well. 

 . . , what would you do if someone 

 smlt tobacco ash in your porridge?" 

 Such foibles only serve to throw in 

 contrast the sterling qualities of a 

 character that is becoming annually 

 scarcer. Our Club is grateful for one 

 of Victoria's most distinguished 

 naturalists and amateur botanists, a 

 man who did so much in a busy 

 decade to elucidate the tloristics of 

 Last Gippsland. He is fittingly com- 

 memorated by a small wildflower 

 reserve that he helped to establish 

 near Mario Racecourse, to protect 

 rare orchids including his own 

 ( 'rypto\tylis luinlt'rana. 



Vole, William Hunter! 



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