Hot Springs. TE' AROHA HOT SPRINGS. A S a SUMMER RETREAT' not one . among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TE AROIJA . The celebrity of its H OT SPRIN GS is extending throughout the length and breadthof the Colony, and the ~ . WONDERFUL CURES affected by-tlie Waters in cases of RHEUMATISM, GOUT, IAMRAGO, LIVER AND KIDNEY .mAIPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, and 5.^.. Aired Ailments,' are gratefully testified to in the Visitors’ Rook by Hundreds of Persons who by -their use have been restored to Health and all its enjoyments. The place is par excellence THE AhSANATORIUM -OF THE PEO|g§& r '; 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 for those in delicate health the neatly laid oat 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 l eport thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest. The Samples were takers from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr • . JS o a 55 » .V. o & .5 tp > a 9ulphate of lime 2.238 Sulphate of magnesia .37 .836 Sulphate of potash .10.2’ 9.800 Sulphate of soda 27.5*6 28.03$ Chloride of sodium 73.314 - 72 073 Bi-osiibonute of soda 728.737 698.513'682.123 CarbcEteto of am QOT 2-98 .603 10.794 25.438 77.748
Total solid mat, ter 857.839 822.194.911,702 '.Theaa Waters are all feebly,. alka-Uns and. trongty charged .with raid gas, which inconstantly escaping from the Springs) inlarge : quantities;; The Liehia, a valuable constituent of these Waters,, is present in r> appreciable quantity. The Analysis shOv these Springs to be very similar in compoai Ltion. These Mineral Waters are esceedingly iwtereating, and will prove of groat valu medicinally. They closely, r. somslo some the European Mineral Springe no juasly brated, more especially those oi Vichy, Sms andFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest irr BhOumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kiansys, and Drypepie. Yoa’ miy rest assured-that all you'em do for your Springs in tAeshape of Improving ihe facilities for their use, is entirely justified by the ea.vftcterof the J “w»ter,” - ' IMPOBTANT TESTIMONY AS TO v Y&LXiS. OS THE BATIKS, Ac. ' - Sir Jarae« Hect'or —“ They are similar to the latere of, Vichy and C;b.unde«&ifc r ii*:S, in France Biiih, Bohemia; Bios, Nassau ; and are beeid.es quite equal to them in. sfcn-.ru. th-” -yi ■ , The following brie, extracts are eslec from arnong some hund?eds of testimonials -a similar character which have been from time to t; me : From Br;.nop; . HaMiKLD, Wellington ‘Having been utTeArohu four weeks, and having obtained great relief from the use of bath Nol 3, T think it well' to. add my testimony to that .of others .which you have already re ceired Having 'had a very severe fall, which occasioned me much pain in my back and considerable inconvenience, and which- in_ •capacitated me for. arjy* exertion for nine weeks, I am- now almost entirely free from pain.anclam ableio walk a amderaiedisiance. Fbom Mit Jv Holloway, - Manager of the Bank of. New Zealand, Nelson: “ I feel lought to place on record my. high appreciation of the waters of your-justly famous, baths Fpr 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 Aroha.. . . ' From Captain T, Fraser, M.L.C. Dunedin ‘II shairbe 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 t<r* the following complaints : Suppressed gout, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disovders; and as the springs are proved to Ountain 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 Aroha Sprint's.” . . From 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. 1 have been subject for many to rheumatism, ana in April last had ,a very severe attack, whici proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hots ./rings. When I arrived at Te Aroha I was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at nighC.aud fiirgie- waiting during the day a difficulty ; but froi3,.using No. 2 bath for a little over three weeks^thh 0 pains hate entirely left my head, and do not give any uneasiness in my feet; in fact, I may safely and truly say that.iit present I am com pie, eh cured and ureutly improved in health. ; *s* Da W, E, llasuN of Onehunoa, A'Ookdand, “ Tlie 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 ut>l'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*
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1768, 7 September 1895, Page 4
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