IMMIGRANT WHO MADE GOOD

Evening Star, Issue 22881, 12 February 1938, Page 3

IMMIGRANT WHO MADE GOOD

Sixty-four years ago George Mar* chant, a 16-year-old Kentish immigrant, arrived in Brisbane. He had no money, but he had plenty of energy, initiative, and business ability. Obtaining a job in a cordial factory that employed two or three hands, he learned the business, sand in due course became the proprietor of the biggest cordial manufacturing concern in Australia. He lives in Brisbane, and his benefactions to Brisbane charities have become a local by-word. He gave a home for crippled children, and when the number of children increased beyond the capacity of the home, gave them another and bigger place. He built a garden--'settlement for old people which has proved a haven, of refuge for the aged poor of Brisbane. He gave a creche and kindergarten, and his latest benevolence is the giving of a home to the Queensland branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australia to house 70 old soldiers. When handing over the title deeds of this home lately he gave with them a cheque for £1,500 to assist in equipping the home.