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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1759, 14 August 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. tearoha hotTprTng s. AS a SUMMER RETREAT notone among SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TEAROHA. The celebrity of its - : HOT SPRINGS is extending' throughout the length and breadth of the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CURES 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. The place is par excellence Sanatorium of th e 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, oh 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, while fot 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, and the accompanying extracts from his report thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest. The Sumples were taken from -th o, Springs, as n umbered, the temperatures cf which ranged from lOSdegs. to llSdegs. Fahr - . „ . so • -2 & O £ -2.9 dl fe« •a cm Q6Q Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 s These Waters are all feebly alkaline and trongly charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly escup.ng from the Springs in large quantities. The Litliia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in n appreciable quantity. The Analysis sliov | these Springs to be very similar in compoai ticn. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great valu medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs so justly braied, more especially those of Vichy, Ems andFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Artluitio Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dyspepia. You may rest assured that all you ran rdo for your Springs in the shape of improving [ the facilities for their use,' is entirely justified by the character of tha water,” IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE VALUE OF THE BATHS, &c. Sir James Hector states-—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in France ; Bilin, Bohemia ; * Ems, Nassau ; and are besides quite equal to them in strength” The following brief extracts are seleo from among sopehundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been from time to time :

From Bishop Hadfield, Wellington ‘ Having been at Te'Aroha 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 fal{, w hicb occasioned me much pain in my back and’ considerable inconvenience, and which in capacitated me for any exertion for nine I am now almost entirely free from pain,andam ableto walk a moderate distance. Fsdk Mb J. Holloway, Manager of- the Bank of New Zealand, Nelson: “I feel I ought to place on record my high appreciation of thd 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 iny duty to recommend all my friends who may be in search of health to try the watere of Te Aroha. Fbom Captain T,Fbaseb, M.L.C. Dunedin “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 springs contain extraordinary ourative properties i®/ 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 iiihia, they must be effiacicus in renal complaints. Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te - Aroha Sprincrs.” " Fbom Mb. Balfour, Manager of the Bank of N.Z., Napieb. “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,, whioi proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hot springs. When I arrived at, Te Aroha I was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping-at flight, 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 an-y unoapiness in my feet 5 in fact, I and truly say that I am compla ;ek\. cured and greatly improved in health. ' ‘ Db W, B, Ebson of' Onehonga, Auckland. “ The analysis of the sprk-gs at Te Aroha, and the highly meaiemal value of their constituents at once indicate a residence here, and a course of judicious treatment 1 y the ‘EI Dorado’ for the majority of u a,or innate sufferers in most forms of rheumatism gout, a large namber of kidney affections, and last, but n t least, that complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia. ‘