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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1771, 18 September 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. ' • TE AROtJA HOT SPRINGS. A S a SUMMER RETREAT not me A I among tiie 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 teetified 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 OFrLiyiNG is exceedingly MODERATE; and the locality is easy of access by river, RAIL, ok 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 f Ol those in delicate health the neatly laid out Domain forms a most pleasant?resort. '■■■': * The following analysis of the Waters by MrJ. 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, rangedfrom 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr - . "33 \ * . -fS* O d •S m O a ’3 ■ ’2 % ■ ■pra Sulphate of lime iJ,989 2.228 298 Sulphate of. magnesia .37 v ' .336 .603 Sulphate of potash 10.2 : 9.800 10.794 Sulphateiof soda , 27,546 28.056 25.438 Chloride of,sodium 73.514 72.07 2 77.748 Bi'Carbohate of soda 728.737 698.518 682.123 Carbonate of am n.onia Carbonate of iron Carbonate of lithiß: - Phosphate of soda Phosphate of. alumina Silica , .. Sulphuretted hydrogen 3.556 .112 ,042, " ~063 (heavy traces) 2,063 ' 2.203 .148 8.568 .023 8-778 980., 042 .698 .476 8.778 traces ;trhees traces Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 These Waters are all feebly alkaline and s trongly charged with carbonic acjd gas,; which..is constantly escap ng from the Springs: in large quantities. The Lilliia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in n appreciable quantity. The Analysis sliov these. Springs .to be very similar in compoai tion. These Mineral AVaters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great valu medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs no justly brated, more especially those of Vichy, Ems andFachingen. Their Curative Value, will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys,, and Dys-. pepia. You may rest assured that all you eah do- for yodr Springs in the shape of improving the facilities for their use, is entirely justified by the character of the water,” ~. ' , IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS' TO THE ;• VALUE OF THE BATHS, &c. -- > Sir James Elector states:—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chßndesaighes, in Prance ; Biiin, Bohemia; Ems, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in stren.- th.” The following brief extracts are selec ? from among some hundreds of testimonials a. similar character which have been ' from time to tilt’s.:: , . From; Bishop Hadfield, Wellington ‘Having been sitTeArohn four weeks,and having obtained great relief from the use oLbath No. 3-, I think it. well to add my testimony to that of others, which you have already re ceived Having had a..yery severe fall, which oec i®,ioned 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 ableto walk a moderate distance. From Mr JV Holloway, Manager of the of.N.ew.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 complicationsof 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 ffriends who maybe in search of health to try the waters of Ta Aroha, 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 Aroha, from what I have seen ana heard, T am convinced that these spring? contain extraordinary curative properties to' tire following complaints: Suppressed gout, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; ,and as the springs are proved to contain heavy traces of lithia, tUey must beeffiacicns in renal complaints. Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Sprinc's.” From Mr Balfour, Manager of the Bank of N.Z., Napier. “ I wish to testify, to the very great relief I have experienced froni using the Te Aroha hbt baths. I have been subject for many years-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 hot springs. When I arrived at Te Aroha I jvas- suffering much from jfheuuiatism, which prevented my sleeping at night, and made walking during the day a difficultybut from using No. 2 bath for a little over three weeks the .pains have entirely left my headland do not give any uneasiness in my feet; in fact, I may. safely and truly say that at present I am comple floured and greatly improved in health.; Dr W,-R. Erson of Oxehunoa, 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 *EI Dorado’-for the majority of unfortunate sufferers in most forms of rheumatism gout, a large n amber of kidney affections, and fast, but not.least, that complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia,