POLITICIAN DIES IN ASSEMBLY
TRAGIC SCENE IN SYDNEY COLLAPSE IN COURSE OF SPEECH (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Sydney, July 22. There was a tragic scene in the Legislative Assembly last night when Mr W. F. Foster, a member of the United Australia Party collapsed and fell unconscious across the table as he was delivering an address. He then fell to the floor, and members rushed to assist him. Two members, Dr. Webb and Dr. Fleck, tried with the use of a restorative 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 Fostei- worked himself up to considerable excitement during his speech and had just finished apologizing to a member whom he thought he had offended when he collapsed. The House adjourned until next Tuesday.
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Southland Times, Issue 22949, 23 July 1936, Page 5
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