too early for him being able to visit the whole electorate; only Massey and Palmer were nominated. Massey won the contest and began his parliamentary career; he was to become Prime Ministers in 1912. New South Wales He returned to Sydney in 1895, where he set up a photography business named 'Eden Photo Studios' at 727 George Street, opposite Central railway station. In 1898, George encountered one of several legal entanglements in which he would become involved over the remainder of his life, when he was sued for libel after advertising that a competitor's photographic development process (the "Rococo" process by Mark Blow of Crown Studios) was one of the "cheapest and easiest" in the photographic trade. After six days of hearing and an hour's deliberation, a jury returned a verdict in George's favour. In 1901, he was sued by two of his staff for not paying them wages. One of the cases was dismissed, whilst he was fined in the other case. In 1902, George sold all his racehorses, and they did not get a single win in 90 races. In 1901, George nominated as a candidate for New South Wales in for the Australian Senate in the inaugural federal election. He addressed a number of public meetings in Sydney's northern districts in support of his candidature, but was not elected. From 1901 to 1907 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Sydney-Belmore from 1901 to 1904 and Ashburnham from 1904 to 1907. Initially a Progressive, he withdrew his support from Premier Sir John See in 1902 and was endorsed by the Liberal Reform Party in 1904. Following the 1901 election, he was sued by one of his election canvassers for libel, but the complainant was nonsuited. World War I In 1914, George travelled to Germany to attend his daughter Irene's wedding to a German doctor. He deposited the amount of £800 (for the couple's wedding present) in a German bank, then accompanied his daughter to London for a holiday. Just before the outbreak of hostilities between Britain and Germany, the German government seized all British funds deposited in German banks, ordering their value in gold to be sent to the Treasury to fund the war effort. With the war under way, George was determined to fight on the front line. He approached British military authorities to volunteer, but they rebuffed his offer due