Council grants Laurel Bank Croquet Club a ten-year lease

H*eading: CITY COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING Electric Light Agreement DONATIONS TO BANDS*

*Newspaper: The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette*

*Date: Tuesday 14 July 1936, page 12*

*Found on: [Trove](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article285098657), National Library of Australia*

That a lease for a period of 10 years be granted the Laurel Bank Croquet Club of an area at an annual rental of £1, subject to the following conditions: The area must at all times be effectively used as croquet lawns to the satisfaction of the Council; provision shall be made in the rules of the club that any reputable female citizen may become a member thereof, subject to compliance with the general rules of the club; that no buildings shall be erected on the area until plans thereof have been submitted to and approved of by the Council; the Council reserves the right to cancel the lease at any time on giving three months' notice of its intention to do so if, in its opinion, the conditions governing the lease are being violated.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 14 July 1936. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)