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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1757, 7 August 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. ’> fTE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. A S a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TE AROIJA. The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS 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 ' enjoyments. Theplace is par excellenLu? THR 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 advantages there are for the,Robust abundant means . of enjoyment in' -’’ » _ * BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, U while for those in delicate health.the neatly laid out. Domain forms* a most pleasant resort. v ’ The following analysis of the Waters by Mr J, A. Posd, Colonial Analyst, and the ; • accompanying extracts from hisiephrt thereon to the Domain Board,* will be read

with interest. The Samples were taken from the Springs, ns nnmbered, the temperatures of which ranged from* 105degs. to.U9degs. Fahr: to .9 & m g •q& Q ra 298 .602 m J3 fcpq Q> (6 \ 2.228 .336 Sulphate of lime 2,989 Sulphate of magnesia .37 Sulphate of potash 10.2' 9.800 -10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.5*6 28:056. 25.438 Chloride of spdium 73.514 72.072 77.748. Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.513 682.123 Carbonate of am ' 8.556 * .112 980 .042 .063 042 iiiOnia .. .. . Carbonate of iron Carbonate of iithia Phosphate of soda Phosphate of alu- ■ mina Silica .. . Sulphuretted hydro» gen *. (heavy traces; 2,063 2.203 .143 8.568 .023 8.778 .098 .476 8.778 traces traces traces Total solid matter 857-829 822.184 811.702 Thep© Waters are all feebly alkaline and charged with carbonic acid gas, 'which is constantly escap ng from the Springs in large quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in n appreciable quantity. The Analysis shov these Springs to be very similaryn compost tion. These Mineral Waters are' exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great vain medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs up justly brated, more especially those of. Yichy, Ems andFachingen. Their Curative .Value will.be greatest iu Kheumatio and Arthritic Diseases* Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dyspepia; You may rest assured that all you <an do for your Springs in the shape of improving ilie facilities for their use, is entirely justified by the character of water,”

IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO VALUE Off THE BATHS, &o r ' Sir James Hector states“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesafgnes, ia France ; Bilin, Bohemia; Ems, Nassau; and are besides quite equal . to them in strength.” The following brief* extracts are seleo from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character; which have-been from time to time ; From Bishop Hadpield, Wellington ‘ Having been at TeAroha four weeks, and having obtained great relief from the use of bath No. 3, 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 mg for any exertion for nine weeks, I am now almost entirely free from pain , and am able to walk a moderate distance. From Mb J. Holloway, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Nelson: “Ifeel lought 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 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 From Captain T.Fbaseb, M.L.C. Dunedin 1 “ I shall be pleased if you will ive ;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 contain extraordinary curative properties lor the following complaints : Suppressed, gout, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs areproved to contain heavy traces of lithia, they must be effiacicus in renal complaints,' Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the To Aroha Springs.’-’ , - . .. - > P ", PA. p , Feom/Mb Babeoub, Manager ob the Bank opN.Z., Napier. “ I wish to testify to the very great relief I have experienced froih 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 springs. When I mci|fed' iat..Te Aroha I was suffering much frontrlieumatism, which prevented my sleeping*, at night, made walking during the day a difficulty ; but from using N 0.3 bath for a little over three weeks the pains have entirely left my headland do not give any uneasiness in my feet'-jonfact, I may Bafely and truly say that at complexly cured and greatly improved inPhealth. Db W. R, Ebson op Onehunga, LAND. “ The analysis of the springs AC To Aroha, and the highly medicinal value’bi ~ their constituents at once indicate a residence here, and a course of judicious treatment by the 1 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. .