DEATH IN PARLIAMENT

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 July 1936, Page 7

DEATH IN PARLIAMENT

N.S.W. ASSEMBLY MEMBER

COLLAPSE DURING SPEECH .

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(Recd. July 22. 1 p.m.). SYDNEY. July 22

There was a tragic scene in the Legislative Assembly, last night, when Mr. W. F. Foster, a United Australian Parly member, collapsed and fell unconscious across the table, as he was 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 due to angina pectoris. Mr. Foster, who was 69 years of age. had been visibly in bad health during the session. Before he began his speech. Mr. Foster 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. Mr. Foster 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 Tuesday.

BISHOP’S HEART FAILURE

YACHT STORM TRAGEDY

(Recd. Julv 22. 11 a.m.). LONDON, July 21

The “Sun-Herald" says that the Bishop of Woolwich’s death from heart failure, when the boat grounded in the Kattegat, amidst a terrific storm, was the culminating tragedy of a series of incidents on the Summer cruise of the stpam yacht Lorna, owned by the Bishop’s brother. Sir Walter Preston, a member of the Commons. A Danish salvage crew, responding to an SOS, made unsuccessful efforts to refloat the ship. The body of the Bishop was taken to Elsinore, aboard the sailing yacht, before being shipped to England for burial.

Rt. Rev. A. L. Preston, Bishop Suffragan of Woolwich, was appointed to the position in 1932. He served previously in several London parishes. He is survived by a widow and three daughters.