New pavilion opened at croquet lawns

There was a very large gathering at the Toowoomba Croquet Club lawns on Saturday afternoon, when the new pavilion was opened by the Mayor (Mr. J. D. Annand, M.L.A.), and among the visitors was the Bishop of Gippsland (who is at present in Toowoomba) and Sir Littleton and Lady Groom. The pretty pavilion, which has just been completed, was gaily decorated with little flags and garlands of greenery, and ribbons in the club colours (dark and pale blue), which screened the entrance, and were drawn when Mr. Annand declared the pavilion open. There were a number of competitions during the afternoon, and tea, at which the members of the East Toowoomba Bowling Club were also guests, was served at tables arranged with a quantity of Iceland poppies. In addition to those already mentioned those present included the Mayoress (Mrs. J. D. Annand), Mr. and Mrs. E. Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. O. Booth, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gobbett, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Dines, Rev. and Mrs. T. R. Thurlow, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. F. Hooper, Mesdames J. M'Kinney, W. Morgan, P. Boys, J. B. Kingsford, J. Esler, Falconer, G. H. Buchanan, D. Thompson, Isaacs, J. Lee, Miller, Stewart, Compagnoni, C. G. Blair, A. Collins, J. M. Yates, Marshall, A. R. Godsall, W. R. Ross, Corbett, F. Hodgson, Penhallurick, H. Walker, Cossart, F. Hooper, Hodgen, Misses J. Donnelly, M. Booth, M. Dines, E. Buchanan, R. Godsall, P. Rawlings, D. Hodgson, Rowe.

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 29 July 1929. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)