AUSTRALIAN KINDNESS
Millionaire’s Gratitude
(N.Z. Presz Azzn —CopurloM)
MELBOURNE, March 22.
A German-born millionaire who died last year has left the bulk of his fortune to charities in return for the kindness shown to him in Australia.
He was Mr Hans Henry Hecht who died on July 28, aged 84, leaving an estate worth 3,144,877 dollars. Mr Hecht made his money from a big importing and exporting business. He came to Australia at the beginning of the century and got a Job as a messenger boy in Melbourne. He began his industrial career by making clothes pegs and pot cleaners. Mr Hecht later founded an importing and exporting business.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31017, 24 March 1966, Page 6
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