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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 461, 9 April 1890, Page 8

TE-AROBA HOT SPRINGS. \ S n SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New Zealand- is so rapidly becoming famous as TE AROIIA. The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS ia-extending throughout the lengtn and breadth of the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CJJUES 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. Theplaceis PAH excellence the SANATORIUM OF THE PEOPLE. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH-GIVING PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; the COS'! OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE; and the locality is easy of access by RIVER, rail, or road from Auckland arid the Thames. Iu addition to these advantages 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 resort. The following analysis of the Waters by Mr J. 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 T -aken ■from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to llOdegs. Fuhr -

Results expressed in grains per gallon. “These Waters are all feebly alkaline and strongly charged wiili carbonic acid gas, which is constantly esc: pm ; 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 no justly celebrated,'more especially those of Vichy, Eii'S, 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 ilie facilities for their use, is entirely justified by the character of the water,” IMPORTANT TESTIMON Y 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; Bras, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in strength.” The following brief ex ti acts 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 atTeAroha four weeks, and having obtained great relief feom the use of bath No. B, I think it well to add my testimony to that of there which you have already received. Having had a very severe fall, which oee-.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 moderatedistance.” Fbom 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 ple.-w-re as well as my duty to recommend all i y frl uds who may be in search of health to ay tae waters of Te Aroha.” From Captain T, Fbasee, 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 be effiacious in renal coinplaints; -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.,-Nafier. “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 vainiy 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* rah y uneasiness in my feet; in fact, I may safely and truly say that at present. I am completely cured and greatly, improved ’iii health.” ~ Me 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 J could scarcely put them to the ground. In the shbrtispace 'of three days I feel myself; almost completely cured.” j

Db W, -K, EIiSON, OF QxBHTTNoA, AuCK iand. “ ;The analysis of the springs at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of their constituents at once-indicate ar iesidence here;-and a course'6f judicious treatment, as the ‘EI Dorado Tfor the majority,of unfortunate sufferers in most forms of-'rhematisin, gout, a large number kidney affections, and last, hut not least, that common ill which flesh is heir to —dyspepsia."