PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 82, 29 November 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

i: Harry Lander, ''the Scottish comedian, is to receive £IOOO a week during his Australian tour of 22 weeks. Father Treacy returned to Stratford last evening, much improved in health as the result of his seaside sojourn in New Plymouth. Mr C A. Poulsen, sub-editor of the ‘‘New Zealand Farmer,’ was among the visiting pressmen at present in town for the A. and 1. Sliow. Mr Bullard and Mr Slaughter are •in town to-day inspecting more land that is under offer to the Government for workers’ dwellings. Mr F. F. Hockley, who is leaving the Marton district, was tendered a complimentary banquet at Hunterville last night, and presented with a puise of sovereigns, while Mrs Hockley was the recipient of a gold watch and chain. Highly complimentary references were made to Mr Hockley s work for the Reform Party. Ihe function, which was the largest of its land ever held in the district, was representative of all classes of the community P.A. Miss Ruby Westwood and Wilfred Westwood were the two uggqst children ever born in New Zealand, perhaps the biggest in the world. News comes from San Francisco of the death of Miss Ruby. At the age of eight Ruby weighed LI stone. She grew proportionately, and at the time of hei death, when she was about 19, she weighed over 20st. Her brothei Wilfred is several vears younger, and now weighs about 30st. These two giants were born in Foxton, and resided up to the time of the Christchurch Exhibition in Auckland. Since that time they . have been travelling at Horae and in America. The cause of death was blood-poisoning, contracted by a■ thorn in the finger from picking flowcis. .Nothing serious was anticipated fiom the scratch, but shortly afterwards it was found necessary to amputate the ting er This was of no avail, as the ponon 'spread, and the unfortunate girl died within an hour of being admitted m.o the San Francisco Hospital.