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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1761, 21 August 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. TE AROJHA HOT SPRINGS. I A S a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TE AROiIA. 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 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 advantages 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 ,T. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his leport thereon 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 ll9degs. Fahr • - - ° * *•,£3 O -.8 * m n a*S 3 Ps pGQ Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 311.702 „ These Waters are all feebly alkaline and trongly charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly escap-mg from the Springs in large (quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent::t>V these Waters, is present in n appreciable quantity. The Analysis shov these Springs to be very similar in cotnposi tion. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, arid will prove of great valu medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs no justly braied, more especially those of Vichy, Eins and Fachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dyspep ia. You may rest assured that all you <an do for your Springs in the shape of improving the facilities for thc-ir use, is entirely 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 Chanaesaignes, in France ; Biiin, Bohemia ; Eros, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them;in strength.” The following brief extracts are aelec from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been

from time to time-: »> From Bis.uop Hadfield, Wellington ‘ Having been at Te Aroha four \veek3, and liar- 1 ing 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 me for any exertion for nine weeks, I am now almost entirely free from pain,andam able to walk a moderate distance. 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 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 Avolia. , . From Captain T,Fraseb, 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 spring? contain extraordinary curative properties fa' 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 iitliia, they must be effiacicus in renal complaints, Wher* ever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Springs.” Fkom Mb Balfour, Manager of- 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 been subieet for many years to rheumatism, and iu April last had a very severe attack, whic a proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vainiy many remedies, was ordered to the hot s ./rings. When I arrived at Te Aroha I wag 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 compla,elv cured and greatly improved in health. Dr W. B, Erson 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 1 El Dorado’ for the majority of uuf'ortun-* ate 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.