Croquet members guests at bowlers' farewell tea

There was a large attendance at the Toowoomba bowling green on Saturday afternoon, when bowlers bade farewell to Canon Oakeley, who will leave shortly for Brisbane. Members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club also were guests at the afternoon tea at the invitation of the president, Mr. A. W. Hale. Those present included Mesdames A. W. Hale, Oakeley, Miss Oakeley, Mesdames S. Priest, E. J. Rowe, M. Dines, Graham, Bridgman, Fortescue, Goodrich, O. S. Booth, Hodgson, Melville, Corbett, J. M'Kinney, and Blair.

The article as it was printed in Sunday Mail, 7 July 1929. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)