Toowoomba croquet green is opened

TOOWOOMBA, July 29.

The Toowoomba Croquet Club green was opened by the Mayor (Alderman J. D. Annand, M.L.A.) on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. E. Rowe welcomed the visitors and afterwards entertained at tea Sir Littleton and Lady Groom, the Bishop of Gippsland (Dr. Cranswick), Rev. J. E. L. Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Roberts, and members of the Toowoomba Bowling Club.

Among those present were Mesdames Mervyn Dines, S. Fogarty, F. Hodgson, W. Gobbett, D. Thompson, S. Cossart, Turlow, Sharkey, G. Nutt, R. Biggar, T. B. Quinn, R. Ferguson, J. Macfarlane, and Compagnoni, and Rev. and Mrs. T. R. Thurlow.

Those responsible for the arrangements were Mesdames E. Rowe (president), O. Booth (secretary), I. Isaacs (captain), and the Toowoomba Croquet Club Committee.

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