The Imperial Hotel, Walgett, NSW, 1959. Picture: Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University
Ice put in hotel guests’ baths
Sydney, Friday.
THE water was so hot at Walgett (NSW) yesterday during the fierce State-wide heat that at the Imperial Hotel ice had to be put in the baths for guests. Temperatures ranged from 106.3 (41.2C.) at Sydney to 116.2 (46.7) in the country.
– Adelaide News Friday 26 January 1940
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Very interesting. I’m from Walgett and enjoy reading these old stories.
I’m from Walgett. I never heard that story. From what I remember of the Imperial. They didn’t have baths, only showers.
This story is from more than 80 years ago, TeAnne….