KAMO MINERAL WATER.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 July 1901, Page 2

KAMO MINERAL WATER.

The value of mineral waters as thera pcutic agents lias been recognised for centuries, and " to take the waters " was the favorite cause assigned for the .upper ten to assemble at Bath, Tunbridge Wells, Harrowgatc and other places. While on the Continent the mineral waters was the occasion for the foundation of many important towns. At the present time New Zealand has been dependant on foreign importation for its mineral water supply, but we have in New Zealand, mineral water of equal, if the superior, curative value for many complaints. The Eamo Springs in the Auckland Province have long been locally known as a water of great value containing as it does silica, alumina, oxide of iron, carbonate of lime, carbonate of magnesia, bi-carbonate of soda, chloride of sodium, chloride of potassium, sulphates, biron, and lithium in solution, thus rendering it a safe and sure corrective and tonic in cases of nervous depression, general debility, indigestion, headache, sciatica, gout, gravel, kidney diseases &c. Testimonials have been received by the Company formed to more extensively introduce this water, from

all classes in the North Island, chiefly from medical men and patients who haveexperienced its value as a remedy. MrLewis, M.D„ C.C.S., L.S.A. late resident, medical officer, Rotorua, thus certifies tcy its value :—-

Symonds Street, Auckland, July 1, 1899. Dear Sirs, —In reply to your requestfor my opinion on the Kamo Mineral Water, 1 beg to inform you that this • water lias been well known to me forsome years. The Kamo Springs supply a sobdi-bi-carbonated water of great value. It is pleasant to the taste, and is indicated as a therapeutic agent in liver complaints and gouty and rheumatic affections. In certain diseases of the digestive organs, Kamo Water is a most efficient remedy, being especially valuable in dyspepsia with acidity and flatulence, chronic gastritis and enteritis withJihav local congestions, that so often aavSaSf pany them. Kamo Waters in liver complaints, render the bile more fluid, stimulate the vitality of the liver cells, increase the activitj' of the capillaries, and impart more elasticity to the whole organ. As a solvent of " Red Gravel," Kamo Water is most efficen't.