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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 463, 16 April 1890, Page 8

TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New ■Zealand is. so rapidly bccomiug famous as ‘TE AROHA. The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending throughout the length and breadth of the Colony, and the WOISIDERFTJL CURES affected by the Waters in coses 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 reso't. The following analysis of the Waters by Mr J. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst, an the accompanying extracts from his i lot t thereon to the Domain Board, will be eatl with interest. The Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from lO&degs. - to llOdegs. Fahr - . 1 : f ta o'! fe£ s* St Sulphate of lime 2.989 2.228 2-989 Sulphate of magnesia .378 .336 .602 Sulphate of potash 10.293 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.546 28.056 25.438 Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072 77.748 Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.513 682.123 Carbonate of am monia .. .. 3.556 .112 .980 Carbonate of iron .042 .063 .042 Carbonate of lithia (heavy traces) Phosphate of soda 2,063 2.203 .69G Phosphate of aluinina .. .143 .023 .476 Sifica .. 8.568 8.778 8.778 Sulphuretted hydro- . gen .. traces traces traces Total solid matter 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 escrj m; from the Springs in large quantities. The jbithia, 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 Wat ers 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 ot Vichy, Eras, anclFaehingen. 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 rlie 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 France ; Bidn, Bohemia; Bros, 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 atTeAroha 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 ableto walk a moderatedistauce.” From Mr J. Holloway, Manager of lire Bauk 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.l 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 af 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 edacious in renal complaints. Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Springs.” From Mb Balfour, Manager op the Bank op 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 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 X feel myself almost completely cured.” ' 'Dr W. R, Ebson, op Onehunga, Auqk 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 ‘EI Dorado ’ for the majority of unfortfin- ' ate sufferers in most forms of r rfiematiapa, gout, a largq number kidney affections, and last, but not least, that common ill which flesh is he}? to —dyspepsia,