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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 385, 17 July 1889, Page 8

TE AEOHA HOT SPRINGS,

AS a SUMMER RETREAT not ono iummic the SANATORIA of New Zealand i<? so rnpidly becoming famous as TE ABO II A . The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending 1 throughout the length and breadth of the Colony, and tho WOtoDEBFTJL CURES affected by the Waters in cases of RHEUMATISM,' GOUT, LUMBAGO, LIVER, AND KIDNKY COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, and Kindred Ailments, aro grntpfully testified to in the "Visitors' Book by Hundreds o£ Persons who by their use have been lestored to Health and all its enjoyments. Theplaue is par excellence THE SANATORIUM OF THE PEOPLE. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH-GIVING PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; the COST OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE; and the locality is easy of access by RIVER, RAIL. OR road from Auckland and the Thames. In addition to these advantages theie are for the Robust abundant means of enjoyment in BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while foi those in delicate health the neatly laid out Domain forms u most plea -ant rosoit. The following- analysis of the Waters by Mr J. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his report thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest. Tho Samples were token from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105dcgs. to 119degs. Fahr:— "a CT^ .Sg» Analysis. || o| >»-g p co Sulphate of lime 2.989 2.228 2 989 Sulphate of magwesia .378 .336 .602 Sulphate of potash 10.293 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.5-16 28.056 25.438 Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072 77.748 Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.513 682.123 Carbonate of amiuonia .. .. 3.556 .112 .980 Carbonate of iron .042 .063 .042 Carbonate of lithia (heavy traces) Phosphate of soda 2,063 2.203 .696 Phosphate of alumina .. .143 .023 .476 Silica .. 8.568 8.778 8.778 Sulphuretted hydrogen .. traces traces traces

Total solid matter 857.529 822.18-1 811.702 Results expressed in grains per gallon. " These Waters are all feebly alkaline and strongly charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly escaping from the Springs in large quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in an appreciable quantity. The Analysis show these Springs to be very similar in composition. Those Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great value medicinally. They closely resemble some of theEmopean Mineral Springs so justly celebrated, more especially those of Vichy, Ems, andFachingen. Their Curative Value will to gieatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dys~ pep ia. You may rest afesmed that all you can do for your Springs in the shape of improving the facilities for their use, is entirely justified by the character of the water," IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE VALUE OF THE BATHS, &c. Sir James Hector states:—" They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chaodesaignes, in France ; Bilin, Bohemia ; Ems, Nassau ; and are besides quite equal I to them in strength." The following brief extracts arc selected from among some hundreds of testimonials of a similar character which have been given rom time to time : j From Bisiiop Hadpield, Wellington. I ' Having been at Te AroLa four weeks, and hay-> ing obtained great relief feom the use of bath No. 3, I think it well to a< d my testimony to that of tliers which you hare already re ceived. Having had a very severe fall, which occasioned me much pain in my back and considerable inconvenience, and which in capacitated me for any exertion for nine weeks, I am now almost entiiely free from pain,andam abletowalk a moderate distance." From Me «T Holloway, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Nelson : " I feel I ought to place on lecord my high appreciation of the waters of your justly famous baths For many months past I have suffered from a severe attack of sciatica and lumbago, ending latterly in complications of scarcely less painfull nit ure. Affer about a month's residenre af le Aroha, I am thankful to say I can move about with considerable ease, while the pi n from which I have suffered so long has almost left me. It will be my pleasure as well as my duty to lecommend all my friends who may be in search of health to try the waters of Te Aroha." Feom Captain T, Frasee, M.L.C. Dtjnedin, " I shall be pleased if you will give me an opportunity of publicly expressing my opinion of the Te Aroha Spiings. Since my residence at Te Aroha, from what I have Been and heard, I am convinced that these springs contain extraordinary curative properties for the following complaints : Suppressed gout, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders ; and as the springs are proved to contain heavy traoes of lithia, they must be effiacious in renal complaints, Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Springs." Feom Mb Balfour, Manager oi? the Bane ofN.Z., Napier. "I wish to testify to the very great relief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot baths. I have been subject, for many years to rheumatism, and in April last had a very severe attack, which proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hot springs. When I arrived at Te Aroha 1 was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at night, and made walking during j the day a difficulty ; but from using No. 2 bath for a little over three weeks the pains have entirely left my head, and do not give any uneasiness in my feet ; in fact, I may safely and truly say that at present I am completely cured and greatly improved in health." Me George Ricketxs, of Auckland, writes : " I cannot speak too highly of these baths. On my anival at Te Aroha I was suffering I agony from rheumatism in the feot, so much | so t hat T could scarcely put them to the ground. In the short space of three days I feel myself almost completely cured." Dit W, R. Ebson, 0F v ONEHUNaA, Atrcrc land, " The analysis of the springs at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of their constituents at once indicate ar esidence here, and a course of judicious treatment, as the ' Et Dorado ' for fhe majority of unfortunate sufferers in most forms of rhematism, gout, a large number kidney affections, and 1 laat, but not least, that common ' ill flesh is heir to ' — dyspepsia,''