OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22661, 16 March 1939, Page 12

OBITUARY

MR CHARLES H. HUNTERBROWN Mr Charles Hubert Hunter-Brown, who was known for his encouragement of original thought and research in animal husbandry, died recently at Sydney. He was sixty-eight years of age. Mr Hunter-Brown was born at Nelson, New Zealand, and received his early education at Nelson College. He was a student at Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, in 1890 and 1891, and took a leading part in all student activities, being president of the Students’ Council. . Mr Hunter-Brown had a varied farming experience in the Dominion before he left for Australia, where he spent the remainder of his life. He established a butter factory in the Gisborne district and sailed for the Commonwealth in 1896. For a time he managed a property at Burke, New South Wales, and in 1897 joined the agricultural machinery firm of J. and F. Howard, Ltd-, and spent several years experimenting with different patterns of wheat harvesting implements. Mr Hunter-Brown was appointed manager of the New South Wales branch of Nicholson and Morrow, Ltd., which invented the first successful complete harvester, and under his direction won : all the Victorian Government field trials conducted at the Dookie Experimental Farm. Mr Hunter-Brown’s work continued to embrace experimentation with various types of agricultural machinery on all classes of archie land throughout Australia. In 1913 he joined Dalgety and Company, Ltd., as manager of the Sydney branch of the agricultural machinery department and remained with this firm until his retirement in 1919. „ , J Well known in New Zealand, Mr Hunter-Brown made frequent trips to the Dominion during his business career and retirement. He was an active member of the Canterbury Agricultural College Old Students’ Association, and instituted the HunterBrown essay competition conducted by the association for students of the college. He presented a challenge cup .for annual competition, with miniatures, the essay being specified as on some aspect of animal husbandry. Essays submitted in the competition are printed and distributed throughout the i world, and some valuable contributions to the subject have been made in entries for the competition. Mr Hunter-Brown is survived by his widow. Miss L. Hunter-Brown, of “Lon? Look Out.” Nelson, is a sister.