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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1760, 17 August 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs* TE AIiOHA EOT SPRINGS. AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the- SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TE ARQUA. The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending throughout the length and breadth of the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CUBES affected by the Waiersin cases of RHEUMATISM, GOU 1 :?, LUMBAGO,, LIVER AND KIDNEY COMPLAINTS,. INDI- , GESTIif/N, red Kindred Ailments, are gratefully testified to is the Visitors’ Booh i by Hundreds of Poisons, who by their 1 have been, restored to Health and all iti ; enjoyments. The place is par excellence !g, . * | SANATORIUM OF .THE PEOPLE. ' The CLIMATE ia its HEALTH-GIVING PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; the GOST OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE; and the locality is easy of access,.by. paver, rail,-OR; RoAD iron?; Auckland and tlio Thames. In addition to these advantages . there are for the Robust abundant means of enjoyment in ■ • BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while for those in delicate health the neatly laid out Domain forme a most, pleasant resort. The following analysis of the Waters by Mr .T. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his report thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest, The Samples were .takes from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr • Sulphate of lime Sulphate of magnesia Sulphate of potash Sulphate of soda 27.5*6 Chloride of Hodium 73.614 28.056 72.072 25.438 '7.748 Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.613 682.123 Carbonate of am-

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 escaping from the Springs in largo quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in » appreciable quantity. The ' Analysis shov theso Springs to ba very similar in compos: tion. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great vaiu medicinally. They closely resemble some th? European Mineral Springs so justly brsted, more especially-those of Vichy, Ems andFachingen. Their Curative Value will fa greatest in .Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dy>-~ pepia. You may rest feaaurcd that all you can do for your Springsin the shape of improving the facilities for their use, is entirely justified by the eharacker of the water," IMPORTANT TESTIMONY A 3 TO TIBS VALUE OF THE BATHS, <&o. Sir James Hector states" They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in France ; Bifia, Bohemia; Ems, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in strength." The following brief extracts are selec from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character whioh have been from timp to time : ' Fbom Bishop Hadfield, Wellington j ‘ Having been at Te Archa four weeks, and hnv* |ing obtained great relief fp&m the use of bath No. 3, I think it'well to add my testimony to that of others which yqu have already re ! ceived Having had a Very severe fall, which occasioned racr' much pain irt my back and considerable inconvenience, and which in capacitated me for any escrtiSD, for nine weeks, lam nov? almost entirely free from pain, and am able to walk a moderate distance. From Me J. HohsowAr, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Nelson: “ I feel I ought to place on record my high appreciation 0 of the waters of your justly famous" baths For many months past I have suffered from a severe attack of sciatica and lumbago, ending lat terly in complications of scarcely less painful nature. After about a month’s residence at Te Aroha, I am thankful to sty I can move about ,with considerable er.se, while the pain from which I have suffered so-long hds almost lef t me. It will be my pleasure sc well as my duty to.recommend all my friends who may be in eearoh of health to try the waters of To Aroha-

Fbom Captain T.Fbasbb, M.L.C. Dunedin “ I shall be pleased if you will ire me an opportunity of publicly expressing my opinion of the Te Aroha Springs. Since mv residence at To Aroha, from what I have' seen ana I heard, I am convinced that these springs contain extraordinary, curative properties t<r‘ the following complaints : Suppressed gout, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs ar® proved to contain hoavy traces cf lithia, they must be effiaoicue in renal complaints. Wherever T go 1 shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te ArohaSprinffs.”... Fbom Mb Balfoub, Managbb or the Bank of N.Z., Napibb. “ I vriebto testify to the , very great relief Ibsre 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, whic i proved obstinate to shake off, and,after trying vainJy many remedies, was ordered to the hot springs. Whan I arrived at Te Arobsi l eras suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented iny sleeping at night, and made walking the day a difficulty ; but from using No. 2 bath for a little over three weed's the pains have entirely left my head, do not give'en/ unoasinesß in my fee£;. in fast, I may safel y and truly say present I ajn comply /J r cured and greatly improved in health. ? Da W. B. Ebson of Cnerunqa, Aucs, land. “ The analysis of the springs at 'i„ Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of their constituents at once indicate a residence here, and a course of judicious treatment 1 y the ‘ El Dorado’ for the majority of unfortunate sufferei® in most forms of rheumatism gout, a large namber of kidney affections, and last, but .not least, that complaint which flesh heir, to—dyspepsia.