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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1770, 14 September 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly" becoming famous TE AROHa . 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, LIVER AND KIDNEY COMPLAINTS, IN DIGESTION,aund 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. Theplaceis par excellence THE . ■ ■ , * , SANATORIUM OF THE PEOPLE. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH-GIVING PROPEKTIES is unsurpassed pthe COST OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATEand the locality is easy of access by river, rail, on road from Auckland and the Thames. In addition to thesegdvantages 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 Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from losdegs. to 119deg8. Fahr-’ - o ts. O ft•tt • .S M -? -a .9 , .5 M u Q ft. 2.98 .603 10.794 26.438 77.748 Sulphate of lime . }J,989 2.228 Sulphate of magnesia .s' 7 .336 Sulphate of potash 10.2: ■ ■ 9*Boo Sulphate of soda 27.540 28.066 Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072; Bicarbonate of soda 728.737.698.613 682.122 Carbonate of am 3.556 .112 ; 980 .042 .063 . 042 (heavy traces) n.oma .. .. Carbonate of iron Carbonate of lithia Phosphate of soda Phosphate of alumina .. Silica .. Sulphuretted hydrogen .. 2,063 2.203 .698 .143 .023 .478 8.568 . 8.778 8.778 traces traces traces Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 These. Waters are alt feebly alkaline and strongly charged with Carbonic &bid gaS, which is constantly esc.-ip ng from the Springs in large quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in e appreciable quantity. The Analysis shoV these Springs to be very similar in couiposi tion. Thes'e Mineral Waters are exceedinglyinteresting, and will prove of great valu medicinally . They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springe no justly brafed, more especially those oi Vichy, Ems atidPaChingen. Their Curative Value will bfc greatest in Rheumatic and Avthiitic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dys* pepia, You may resr. assuretl that all you oar do for your Springs in the shape of improving the facilities for their use, is entirely 7 justified by the character of the water-,” Important testimony as to the j VALUE OF THE BATHS, &c.' Sir Hector states*—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Ghandesaignes, it* France I Bilin, Bohemia; Eras, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in strength-” : • The following brief exti acts are selec from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have, beeii from time to tuns : From Bishop Hadfield, Wellington ‘ Having been at Te Aroha 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 ethers which you have already re ceiyed 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, .1 am now almost entirely free from pain-, and am able to walk a moderate distance. From Mb J. Holloway, Manager of the Bank ofNew Nelson : “ I feel I ought to place on record my high appreciation of thd waters of your justly famous baths For many’months past I. have suffered from a severe atback of sciatica and lumbago, ending latterly in complications-bf Scarcely less painful' nature. After about a month’s resident 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 fie my pleasure as'well as mj duty to recommend all my friends who may be jn search of health to try the waters of Te Arolia. : - V'; ' - " - ‘‘ \ From Captain T, Eraser, 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 bpring? contain ekftraordiriary cffrAtiVo properties laV the following complaints : Suppressed gout-, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the’springs arr proved to contain heavy traces of lithia, they must benffiacicns in renal complaints. Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Sprines.” From i M« Balfour, Manager of the Bank of N.Z.; Napier. “4 wish to testify ;to the very great relief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot baths. I have -been subject lor many years -to rheumatism, ana -in April last had a very severe attack, whic l proved obstinate-to shake off, and after trying vainly many -remedies, was ordered to the hot syringe. When I 'ffirrivecDat Te Aroha 1 was 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 ;el» cured and greatly improved in health. , Dr W, It. Erson of : Oxehunga, Auckland. “ The analysis of the springs at Xh 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 uriiortun** ate sufferers in most forms of rheumatism gout, a large number of kidney affections, and last, but not least, that complaint which flesh; heir to—dyspepsia.