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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 444, 8 February 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 AROIIA. The celebrity'of its HOT SPRIN GS . - i? extending throughout the length and breadth of the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CTJBES 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 ha ve been restored to Health and all its enjoyments. The place is PAli THE ;t : 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 for 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 he rend with interest. The Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the ternperntnres of which ranged from lOSdegs. to 119degs. Fahr. Analysis. ® a a Sulphate of lime 2 989 2.228 Sulphate ofmagraesia .378 .336 Sulphate of potash 10.293 9.8 n 0 Sulphate of soda 27.546 28 056 Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072 Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.513 682.123 Carbonate of amft 2-989 .602 10.794 25.438 77.748 L.oma Carbonate of iron Carbonate of lithia Phosphate of sqda Phosphate of alumina Silica Sulphuretted hydrogen 3.556 .112 .042 .063 (heavy traces) 2,063 2.203 .143 8.568 .023 8.778 .980 .042 .696 . r 4<76 8.778 traces traces traces Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811-702 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 he very similar in composition. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great value medicinally. They closely resemble some of (he European Mineral Springs so justly celebrated, more especially those of Vichy, Eits, andFaehingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, AffectioDs ef-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 OP THE BATHS, Ac. Sir James Hector states:—" They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, m France ; Bilin, Bohemia ; Bins, Nassau ; and are besides quite equal to them in strength.”

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 TeArobu 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 received. 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 entirely free from pain,andam able to walk amoderatedistance.” From Mb 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 suffered so long has almost’ left me. It will be my pleasure as well as my duty to recommend all my friends who may be in search of health to try the waters of Te Arolia.” From Captain T, Fraseb, M.L.C. Dunedin, “ 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 he eftlacious 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 ofN.Z., Napier. “I wish to testify to the very greatrelief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot baths. I have been subject for many years to rheumatism, and in Apd! 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 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.” 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, R. Eeson, of Onehunga, Auck ■land. “ The analysis of the springs at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of their constituents at once indicate ar esideace 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 flesh is heir to ’—dyspepsia,”