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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1611, 30 November 1912, Page 9

News hns reached Auckland -by tho San Francisco mail of tho death of Ruby Westwood (states the "Herald'.'). She and her brother Wilfred were the two biggestChildren ever born in New Zealand, perhaps the biggest in the world. At the age of eight Ruby weighed list. She grew piwprtionfstoly, and at tho timo of her death, when she was 'about 19.' she weighed over 20st. Her brother. Wilfred is several years younger, and now weighs about 30sl. These two "giants"' were born in Foxton, and resided up to the time of the Christcliurch Exhibition in Auckland. Since that time they have I>ecn travelling at Homo and in America. The cause of death was blood-poisoning, contracted in the finger from picking flowers. Nothing serious wns anticipated from tho scratch, but shortly afterwards, it was found necessary to amputate ~ the finger. This was of no 'avail, as 'the poison had spread, and tho unfortunate girl died within an hour of being admit„tod to. th,< 3 Ban IWclacq Hospital,;