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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 460, 5 April 1890, Page 8

TE AROIIA HOT SPRINGS. I S a SUMMER RETREAT not one O. among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous as TE AROII A. Tiie celebrity. of its HOT SPR IN GS is extending throughout the length and breadth of the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CUBES 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 in its HEALTH-GIVING PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; the COST OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE; and the locality is easy of access by'RTYcTi, RAIL, OR road from Auckland and the Thames. In addition to these ad /antages there are for the Robust abundant means of enjoyment in BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while fOl those in delicate health the neatly laid out Domain forms a most pleasant, resoit. The following analysis of the Waters by Mr J. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst, an the accompanying extracts from bis 1 iort thereon to the Domain Board, will be ead with interest. The Samples were Taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to llOdegs. Falir - to 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 ] in ; from the Springs in large cpiantities. The lhtliia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in an appreciable quantity. Tin; 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 r< scnible some ol the European Mineral Springs no justly celebrated, more especially those oi Vichy, £irs, andFachingen. Their Curative Value.will be greatest in Rheumatic and Artluilio Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the K idneys, and Dyspep ia. You may.rest, assured that all yon ran do for your Springs in the shape ut improving ■ lie facilities for their use, is emi/eiy justified by the character of the water,” IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE . VALUE OF THE BATHS, Arc. Sir James Hector states“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, it? France-; Bi in, Bohemia ; Bros, JSJassau ; 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 rwn time to time : From Bisiiop Pladfield, 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 tliers which you have already received. 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 able to walk a moderate distance.” 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 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 T, Fraser, 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 iithia, they must beeffiacious in renal complaints. Wherever I go 1 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 Ap L last had a very severe attack, which proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vain y many remedies, was ordered to the hot springs. When I arrived at Te Aroha 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.,th for a'little over three weeks the pains haxe 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.” i Dr W, R. Erson, of Oxeuunga, Auck land. “ The analysis of the springs at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of their constituents at once indic ate ar esidence .. here, and a course of judicious treatment, as the ‘ El Dorado ’ for the majority of u,nfortunate sufferers in most forms, of rhematism, gout, a larre number kidney aifeciions, and last, bur not least, that common ill which ftesh is hfijc to’ —dyspepsias