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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 439, 22 January 1890, Page 8

TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous as TE AROHA. The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending throughout the length and breadth of the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CURES affected by the Waters in cases of RHEUMATISM, GOUT, LUMBAGO, LIVER AND KIDNEY COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, and Kindred Ailments, are gratefully testified to in the Visitors’ Book by Hundreds of Persons who by their use have been restored to Health and all its enjoyments. Theplace 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 ad vantages there 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 a most pleasant resort. 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. The Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to llOdegs. Fahr.

Carbonate of iron Carbonate of lithia Phosphate of soda Phosphate of alumina Silica Sulphuretted hydrogen Total solid matter .042 .063 .042 (heavy traces) 2,063 2.203 .696 .143 .023 .476 8.568 8.778 8.778 traces traces traces 857.829 8 22.184 811.702 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. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great value medicinally. They closely resemble some of the European Mineral Springs so justly celebrated, more especially those of Vichy, Ems, andFachingen. Their Curative Value' will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dyspep ia. You may rest assured 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, Ac. Sir James Hector states:—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in Prance ; Bi'in, Bohemia; Ems, Nassau ; and are besides quite equal to them, in stren th." The following brief extracts are selected from among some hundreds of testimonials of a similar character which have been given rom time to time :

From Bishop Hadfield, Wellington. * Having been at Te Aroha four weeks, and having obtained great relief feom the use of bath No. 3, I think it well to add my testimony to that of thers which you have already re~ ceived. Having had a very severe fall, which occ sioned me much pain in my back and considerable inconvenience, and which in capa-itated me for any exertion for nine weeks, I am now almost entirely free from pain,andam'ableto walk amoderafedistanee.” From Mr J. Holloway, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Nelson: “ I feel I ought to place on record 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 nature. After about a month’s residence af Te Aroha, I am thankful to say I can move about with considerable ease, while the pi n from which I have sufferad so long has almost left me. It will be my pleasure as well as my duty to recommend all my friends who mav be in search of health to try the waters of Te Aroha.” From Captain T, Fraser, M.L.C. Dumedin, “ I shall be pleased if you will give me an opportunity of publicly expressing my opinion of the Te Aroha Springs. Since my residence at Te Aroha, from what I have seen 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 traces 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.”

From Mr Balfour, Manager of the Bank of N.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 T was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at night, and made walking during the day a difficulty ; but from using No. 2 bath for a little over three weeks the pains ha\e 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.” Mr George Ricketts, of Auckland, writes: “ I cannot speak too highly of these baths On my arrival at Te Aroha I was suffering agony from rheumatism in the feet, so much so that I could scarcely put them to the ground. In the short space of three days I feel myself almost completely cured.” Dr W, B. Ebson, qf Onehunga, Auck land. “ The analysis of the springs at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of their constituents at qnce indicate ar esidence here, and a course of judicious treatment, as the ‘ El Dorado ’ for the majority of unfortunate sufferers in most forms of rhematism, gout, a large number kidney affections, and last, but not least, that common ‘ ill,which is heir to ’ —dyspepsia,” J