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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1767, 4 September 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs.TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. i A S a SUMMER RETREAT not one jIJL 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 CURES' affected by the Watersin 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 ■— THIS ' ■ 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'find the Thames. In addition to these ad vantages there are for the Robust abundant means of enjoyment in . BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING,* while fol those in delicate health the neatly laid out Domain forms a most < pleasant report. The following analysis of the Waters by Mr .T. A.--Pond, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his ieport thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest. The Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered,, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr - ,•" Sulphate of lime 2.989 2.228 2-98 Sulphate of magnesia .3? .336 ,SO2 Sulphate of porasn 10.2 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.5i0 28.056 25.438 Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072 77.748 Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.513 682.123 Carbonate of am ''These Waters are all feebly alkaline and trongly charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly escap ng from the Springs in large quantities. k The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in n, appreciable quantity. The Analysis shov' these Springs to be very similar in coroposi tion f These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great valu medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs'no justly braled, more especially those oi Vichy, Ems andFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys; -and D.vspepia. You may rest assured that all you <ar do for your Springs in the shape of improving •he facilities for their use, is entirely just ified by the character of the water,” IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE VALUE OF 'I HE BATHS, &c. Sir Jan es Hector states:—” They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Gh;i ndesaignes, in France ; Biiin, Bohemia ; Ems, Nassau ; and are besides quite equal to them in strength” e

The following brief extracts are selec from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been from time to time : Fkom Bishop Hadfield, Wellington ‘Having been atTeAroha 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 capa-itated me for any exertion for nine weeks, I am now almost entirely free from pain, andam able to walk a moderate distance. Fbom Ms 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 Arolia. Fkom Captain T,Fkasee, 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 ana heard, I am convinced that these spring? contain extraordinary curative properties lethe following complaints : Suppressed' gout rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs arp proved to contain heavy' traces of lithia, they must be effiacicus in renal complaints. Wherever I go 1 shall, in the interests of humanity make known the special virtues of the Te Aroba Springs.” From Mb Balfour, Manager of the Bank ofN.Z., Napieb. “ I wish to testify to the very great relief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot baths. I have been Bubject lor many years to rheumatism, and in April last had a very severe attack, whie i proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hot s jrings. When I arrived at Te Aroha I was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at night, and made walking during the day a difficulty ; but from usipg 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 tiple floured and greatly improved in heaWA~ Dk W. B. Ebson of ADnehukga, 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 ‘ El Dorado’ for the majority of unfortunate sufferers in most forms of rheumatism gout, a large Damber of kidney affections, and last, but not least, that complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia.