TWO BULKY BOYS
The two heaviest boys in the world live on a farm in Tesaa. The elder one —William Ashcroft—weighs 2251 b, yet continues to put on .flash the rat© of 20lb a year. Ho is sft 2in high anil has a chest measurement of 53in. His brother Ernest is a close rival. Whilst only four years of age, he turns the scale at 1051 b. He is 3ft Tin high and has :a waist measurement of 35in.- The most remarkable thing about tho phenomenal sizes of these two boys is that their parents are of ordinary stature. Their father is about fift and weighs 168 lb, and their mother is sft lOin and weighs 150 lb. Mr and Mrs Ashcroft have five other children, ail gjrlfi, and non© of them show any signs of unusual physical growth or development;
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6679, 30 November 1908, Page 2
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141TWO BULKY BOYS New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6679, 30 November 1908, Page 2
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