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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 457, 26 March 1890, Page 8

TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. A S a SUMMER RETREAT not one O. among the SANATORIA of New Zealand ia so rapidly becoming famous as TE AROUA. Tiie 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. The place is PAR EXCELLENCE THE SANATORIUM OF THE PEOPLE. The CLIMATE ill 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 there are for tlie Robust abundant means of enjoyment in BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while foi those in delicate health the neatly laid ont Domain forms a most pleasant resort. The following analysis of the Waters by Mr .T. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst, an the accompanying extracts from his 1 iort thereon to the Domain Board, will be ead with interest. The Samples were *nken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures'of which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr 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-esc pin; from the Springs in large quantities. The liithia, 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 clpsely resemble- some of the European Mineral Springe sio justly celebrated, more especially those, oi Vichy, Ems, andFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest' in Rheumatic and Arthritic’Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, ap l Dyspep ia. You may rest assured-that’all you can do for your Springs in the shape of,improving the facilities for 1 their use, is entirely justified by the character of the water,” IMPORTANT. TESTIMONY A 3 TO .THE VALUE OE THE BATHS, Ac/ Sir James,Hector states:—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, 'ih Prance ; Biiin, Bohemia ; Ems,' Nassau ; and are besides quite equal to them in'strength.” , : ; The following ( brief extiacts 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 received. .Having had a very severe fall, which occ sionedme much, pain in my back.and considerable inconvenience, and which in eapa Rated me for any exertion for nine weeks, lam now almost .entirely free from pain, and am able to walk a.moderafedistance." 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 famouh 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 movC about with considerable ease, while the pi n from which ! haye.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 Aroha.” From Captain TyFraser,-M.L.C. Dunedin, “ I shall be pleasea.if you-will give' me ah 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 lextraordinaiyycurative: properties for the following complaints : Suppressed gout, rheumatism-^inlatt!itß;fQ?niS. ; j;hyspepßia, and I cutaneous disorders; and as the springs are proved to coqtalCßeayy traces pf lithia, they must'beeffiaoious-'ih fehal-cbinplaints. Wherever Igo I shall,rin the interests of humanity, make' known tlie special virtues of' the "Te Aroha Springs,” ■ From; Mb Balfour, Manager of the Bank 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 Ap:il 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 Airoha I was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at night, and made walking during the day a difficulty, ‘ but.from using No. 2 b ith for a little over three weeks the pains have entirely left cay head, and do not give any uneasiness in my feet; id fact, I may -safely and truly say that at present I am completely cured and greatly jmpfoved in health.” * Mr George RiPketts, of Auckland, 1 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 theground. In the short space of three day a I feel niyself almost completely cured/’ -• Dr W. It, Erson, of Onehunga, Auck 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 ‘ El Dorado ’ for the majority of unfortunate sufferers in most forms of rhematism, gout, a large number kidney affections, and last, hut not least, that common ill which ! flesh is heir to’—dyspepsia. j