Nothing is currently known about this hotel or its Turkish baths. Book matches were not invented until 1892, and were not used for advertising until 1897 (in the United States by the Mendelssohn Opera Company). This particular matchcover was most likely issued after 1910, when Bryant & May started manufacturing matches in Australia (in Yarra City, a suburb of Melbourne), and before 1920, when the safety warning 'close cover before striking' first appeared.
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