WORLD's NEWS
June 23, 1937 SMALLEST SCHOOL?
What is certainly the smallest school in Queensland, and probably in all
Australia, is the one at Henrietta, on the road between Millaa Millaa and
Innisfail. Measuring 12ft. by 8ft., and about 10ft. high, the school is a
small frame shack with galvanised iron roof and cloth walls, which are
rolled up to allow the air to circulate. There is no door, but a flap is
used to exclude the sunlight when necessary. The attendance has never
exceeded six pupils.
BARGAIN SALE.
On August 28, 1811, Ralph Malkins led his wife into the streets of Windsor
(N.S.W.) with a rope around her neck and publicly offered her for sale. A
passer-by, Thomas Quire, thought he recognised a bargain and, after some
haggling, agreed to pay 16 pound and a few yards of cloth for the woman.
After payment was made, she went willingly with him saying: "No doubt, my
new owner will make a better husband than the wretch I just parted from."
For his part in the affair Malkins received 50 lashes and was sentenced to
three month's hard labour in irons, while the woman was imprisoned at
Newcastle.