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West Toowoomba unfurls the 1940 Darling Downs pennant

MEMBERS of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club and their friends gathered on the sunlit lawns at the club yesterday afternoon for the unfurling ceremony of the 1940 Darling Downs croquet pennant, which…

Trove2 min read23 July 1940
HeadingTOOWOOMBA SOCIAL
NewspaperThe Courier-Mail
DateTuesday 23 July 1940, page 10Tue 23 Jul 1940, p. 10
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

EMBERS of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club and their friends gathered on the sunlit lawns at the club yesterday afternoon for the unfurling ceremony of the 1940 Darling Downs croquet pennant, which was won by the West Toowoomba Croquet Club. The president of the Queensland Croquet Association (Mrs. J. Gibson), who was accompanied by Mrs. T. A. Bell and Mrs. W. R. Pitter, of Brisbane, unfurled the pennant.

The article as it was printed in The Courier-Mail, 23 July 1940. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Courier-Mail, 23 July 1940. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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