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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1766, 31 August 1895, Page 4

Uot Springs. TE AROI3 A HOT SPUING S. AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous - r i'E AltOiiA. 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. Theplaoe 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, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his leport thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest. The Samplos were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr .' - o a « A . 43 O 60 .8 60 Sulphate of lime 2,989 2.228 2-98 Sulphate of magnesia .S'? .336 .602 Sulphate of porash 10.2 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.5a6 28,056 25.438 Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072 77.748 Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.513 682.12 a Carbonate of ammonia .. ... 3.556 .112 • 980 Carbonate of iron ,042 .063 042 Carbonate of lithia (heavy traces^ Phosphate of soda 2,063 2.203 .696 Phosphate of alumina .. .143 .023 .476 Silica .. 8.568 8.778 8.773 Sulphuretted hydrogen .. traces traces traces Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 J These Waters are all feebly alkaline and trongly charged with carbonic » acid gas, which is constantly escap.ngfrom 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 similar in composi tion. These Mineral Wafers are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great valu medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs no justly . . braied, more especially those oi Vichy, EmS' andFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Artluiti® Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dyspepsia. You may rest, assured'that all you r'ac do for your Springs in the shape til improving the facilities for their use, is enlbelyjustified by the character of the water,”

IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE YALUE OF THE BATHS, &c. ' . Sir Jam es Hector states“ They - are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chii ndesaignes, in France ; BiUn, Bohemia ; Elms, Nassau ; and are besides quite equal to them iu strength." The following brief extracts are selee from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been from time to time : From Bishop Hadfield, 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 reived 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 Me 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 TeAroha, lam 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 Arolia. * From Captain T, Fraser, 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 Arolia, from what I have seen ana heard, I am convinced that these spring? contain extraordinary curative properties t®r the following complaints : Suppressed goutrheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs are proved to contain heavy traces of litliia, 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* Arolia Sprines.” From Mr Halfour, 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 beea subject for many years to rheumatism, ana in April last had a very severe attack, whiei proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hot s -rings. When! arrived at Te Aroha T was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my deeping at night, and made walking during the day a difficulty ; but from using No. 2 bath for a little over three weeks the pains haje 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 complo ,el» cured and greatly improved in health. Dr W, R, Eeson of Onehunga, Auckland. “ The analysis of the springs at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of their constituents once indicate a residence here, and a course of judicious treatment by the ‘EI Dorado’ for the majority of unfortunate sufferers in most forms of rheumatism out, a large pamber of kidney affections, and last, but not Ibast, that complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia.