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QUEENSLAND POLITICIAN SPEAKER OF ASSEMBLY (Rec. Mar. 25, 12.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, Mar. 24. Mr. George Pollock, aged 49 years, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, was found shot dead in a room in his suite in Parliament House. A shotgun was near the body. Mr. Pollock had been the Speaker of the Assembly for seven years, and a member of Parliament since 1915. A note which was found in the room read: "Complete nervous and mental breakdown. Can't carry on. Too much pain."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19896, 25 March 1939, Page 6
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87BODY FOUND IN ROOM Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19896, 25 March 1939, Page 6
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