LAST SPEECH.
M.P.'S TRAGIC DEATH.
Collapse on Floor of House In Sydney. FATAL HEART ATTACK. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 11 a.in • SYDNEY day. There was a tragic in the Legislative Assembly late last night when Mr. W. F. Foster, U.A.P. member, collapsed and fell unconscious across the table while delivering an address. As he then fell to the floor members rushed to assist him. Two members, Drs. Webb and Fleck, tried, with the use of restoratives and by other means to revive Mr. Foster, but their efforts failed. Mr. Foster was dead. Dr. Fleck, in a medical report to the Government, said that death was clue to angina pectoris. Mr. Foster, wlio was G9, had been visibly in bad health during the session. Before he began his speech he asked for a stimulant, saying that he was suffering great pain but deemed it his duty to speak on the subject (the treatment of feeder bus services) so long as his strength permitted. He worked himself up to considerable excitement during his speech and had just finished apologising to a member whom he thought he had offended, when he collapsed.
The House adjourned until next Tues dav.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 172, 22 July 1936, Page 7
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