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Council pays to clear kikuyu grass from croquet green

*Heading: MOSQUITO ERADICATION CAMPAIGN IN DALBY* *Newspaper: The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette* *Date: Thursday 23 September 1954, page 9* *Found on: [Trove](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article287420433), National Library of Australia* The Dalby Croquet Club…

Trove2 min read23 September 1954

*eading: MOSQUITO ERADICATION CAMPAIGN IN DALBY*

*Newspaper: The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette*

*Date: Thursday 23 September 1954, page 9*

*Found on: [Trove](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article287420433), National Library of Australia*

The Dalby Croquet Club advised that certain work was rendered necessary at at the Dalby Crouquet Club as a result of kikuyu grass making its way on to the green from the park area, where it was planted by the council.—It was recommended that in these circumstances the cost of the clearing of the klkuyu from the croquet green in this instance be borne by the council.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 23 September 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 23 September 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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