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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1755, 31 July 1895, Page 4

'Hot Springs. TE AEOffAHOT’SPRINGS. A S a SUMMER' RETREAT, not one xSI among the SANATORIA of New ia so rapidly becoming famous TE AROIiA. The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending throughout the length andbreadth of the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CUBES * affected by the Waters in cases of RHEUMATISM, GOUT, LUMBAGO, LIVES., AND KIDNEY COMPLAINTS, INDI-„ GESTION, 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 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 resort. , The following analysis of the Waters by Mr J. A. Pond, Coloiml Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his leport therein to the Domain Board, will bt read with interest. The Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr - ■ o c 3 Sulphate of lime a,989 2.228 2-98 Sulphate of magnesia ,S 7 .336 .602 Sulphate of potash 10.2 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 amThese Waters are all feebly - alkaline and s trougly charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly escapmg from the Springs in.lSrge quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in n appreciable quantity. The Analysis shov these Springs to be very similar in composi tion. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great vain medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs no justly brafed, more especially those of Vichy, Ems audFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, anil Dyspepia. You may rest assured that all you ran do for your Springs in the shape of improving rhe facilities for their use, is entirely justified by the character of the water,”

IMPOETANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE VALUE OF THE BATHS, &c. Sir James Hector states:—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and C/handesaignes, in France ; Biiin, Bohemia; Bros, Nassau ; and are besides quite equa] to them in strongth.” The following brief extiacts are selec from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been from time to time : l-'noM Bishop Hi opield, Wellington ‘Having been at Te Aroha four weeks,and having obtained great relief from the' use of bath No. 3j I think it Well to add my testimony to that of others which you have already re ceived 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 ablcto walk a moderatedistance. From Mb J. Holloway, Manager of the Bank ofNewZealand,Nelson: “li'eel lought., to place on record my high appreciation of the waters of your justly famous baths For many months past I have suffered from n severe attack of sciatica and lumbago, ending latterly in complications of scarcely less painful nature. After about a month’s residence at ,Te Aroha, I am thankful to say I can move about with considerable ease, while the pain 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. Fbaseb, M.L.C. Dttnedin “ I shall be pleased if you will ive me an opportunity of publicly expressing my opinion of the Te Aroha Springs. Since my residence pat Te Aroha, from what I have seen ana [ heard, I am convinced that these springs contain extraordinary curative properties. lor 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 effiacicns in renal complaints. Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Springs.” Fbom Mb Balfour, Manager of the Bank**--ofN.Z., Napieb. “I wish fcQ testify to very great relief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot bathe. I have been subject for many years to rheumatism, and in April last had a very severe attack, whio x proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying many remedies, was ordered to the hoir& When I arrived at Te Aroha l 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 any uneasiness in my feet; in fact, I may safely and truly say that at present I am eomplajelcured and greatly improved in health. Db W, K, Ebson of Onehunga, Auckland. “ The analysis of the springs at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of their constituents at once indicate a residence here, and a course of judicious treatment by the ‘ El Dorado’ for the majority of unfortunate sufferers in most forms of rheumatism gout, a large namber of kidney affections, and last, but not least, that complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia.