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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 467, 30 April 1890, Page 8

I TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. | AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one , ;imori if tlie SANATORIA of! New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous as ( TE AROIiA. T'iio celebrity of its HOT STIMN GS is extending throughout the length .and breadth of the Colony, and the WOND Klil'VL V USES affected by the Waters in cases of RHEUMATISM, GOUT, LUMBAGO, LIVER AND KIDNEY COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, and Kindred Ailments, are gratefully tostiiied to in the Visitors’ Rook by Hundreds of Persons who by their use have been restored to Health and all its enjoyments. The place is par exckllknck 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 invKtt, it .\ll., on ROAD front 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 fot tliose in delicate health tho ■ neatly laid ont Domain forms a most pleasant resort. The following analysis of the Waters by Mu J. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from bis 1 eport thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest. The Samples were takcii from the Springs* as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged trom 105degs. to 11‘Jdegs. F.ahr - . ■ to ! Total solid matter- 857.829 822.184 8L1.702 Results expressed in grains per gallon. “ Tlie-e Waters are all feebly alkaline and strongly charged with carbonic acid gas, l which is constantly escnp.ng 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 arc exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great value medicinally. They closely r. scmble Sonic of the European Mineral Springs so justly eelcbra'ed, more especially those of Vichy, Ems, amlFnchingen. Their Gurativr Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidney*, and Dyspep ia. You may rest assured that all yon can do for vonr Springs in the shape ot improving ihe facilities for their use, is cm ixeiy justified by the character of the water,” IMPORTANT TESTIMONY A 3 TO THE VALUE OF THE BATHS, Ac. Sir James Hector states:—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in Prance ; Biliu, Bohemia; Eros, 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 : Fkom Bishop Hadfield, Wellington. ‘Having been atTe 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 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 moderatedistanep.” 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 Arnha, I am thankful to say I can move about with considerable ease, while the pi n from which I have suffer.’d so long has almost left me. It-will be my pleasure as well as my duty toj recommend all my friends who may be in search of health to try the water's of Te Aroha.” •> ' ’ From Captain T. Fraser, M.E.C. Dunedin, “ I shall be pleased if • you will give me an opportunity of publicly itxpr ssingmy opinion of the Te Aroha Springs. ’ Since my residence at Te Arohsi, from what I have-seen, aiid 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 tp contain.heavy traces of lithia, they must be effiacious in renal complaints. Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special viitues of the Te Aroha Springs.” ' From Mr Balfour, Manager op 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 bee a subject for many, years to rheumatism, and in April last had a very severe'attack', whicr proved obstinate to shake off, and after [trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hot Barings. 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 difficultybut frpm using No. 2 bath for a 1 little over threei; weeks the. pains have eiitirely l left my head, and do : ndt : give' any uneasiness in my feet; in fact, I may * safely and truly say that at present I am com pie ,cly cured and greatly improved in healthi”Mb Geobpe Ricketts, of Auckland, writis : “ I cannot speak too highly of these biycha On my arrival at Te Aroha I wes suffering agony from rheumatism in the feet, so much so that I could scarcely put them to the ground, i In the short space of three days ! feel myself almost completely cured.” v. ; ‘ n " ’ Da W, B, Ebson of Onehunoa, Acck land: ff The analysis of the 'springs'at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal ? vahm of I i theirconstituents at once indicate ar eside icei 1 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, aid last,- but not least, that common iH. whieh flesh is heir to —dyspepsia.