THE FOXTON GIANTS.
RETURNING TO NEW
ZEALAND,
The two giant children of Mr Westwood, late of Foxton, will return with their parents to New Zealand in,November, says a London correspondent, after having spent some two or three years on show in this country.
This week they are appearing at the Gloucestershire Fair. The family have adopted the caravan as a means of seeing the country, and as they get the opportunity the two giant children appear on exhibition.
Wilfred, now a boy of twelve years, weighs 22 stone, is sft 7111 tall, chest 58111, calf 26m, and his strength is astonishing, for he lifts his sister Ruby, who weighs 18 stone, and is sixteen years of age. The children are in perfect health, ride bicycles, speak and sing in Maori as well as English, and receive their education from a tutor travelling with the family. _ The contrast in size between children and parents is amazing.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 509, 20 November 1909, Page 3
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155THE FOXTON GIANTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 509, 20 November 1909, Page 3
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