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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1774, 28 September 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. TE AROHA HOT SPRINGsT AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one . among the SANATORIA oli New. Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TE ARO.Ua. The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending throngliont 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 Ailme’nts, are gratefully testified to in the Visitors’ Book by Hundreds of Persons who'by their i]§4 j have been restored to Health and all . its I enjoyments. The place is par the ‘ SANATORIUM OF THE PEOPLE. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH-GIVING PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; the COST OF LIVING is ERATE ; and the locality is easy of access by iuver, 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 th 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 lOodegs. to U9degs. Fahr i •' * ■ . to N rS .B do * o■s o u , 'S.S ®ci fZ CO ' 3 S fcpq -a & . . ft® Sulphate of lime .J 9.989 2.228 2-98 Sulphate of magnesia Sulphate of potasn 10.2 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.5a0 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 n.onia' .. .. 3.556 .112.® 98.0 Carbonate of iron ,042 .063 042 Carbonate of lithia (heavy traces) Phosphate of soda 2,063 2.203 .698 Phosphate of alumina .. .143 .023 .476 Silica .. 8.568 8.778 8.778 Sulphuretted hydrogen .. traces traces traces Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 s These Waters are all feebly alkaline and trorigl.y charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly escap ng from the Springs in large quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent oAhese Waters, is present in n appreciable quantity. The Analysis sliov these Springs to be very similar in compoai tion. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great valu medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs tn justly brated, more especially those oi Vichy, Ems andPachingen. Their Curative Value will he greatest in Rheumatic and Artliiitic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dyspep ia. You may reft assured that all you ‘an do for your Springs in the shape of improving ihe facilities for their use, is enlhely justified*' by the character of the water,” IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE VALUE OF THE BATHS, &o. Sir James Hector states They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in France ; Bilin, Bohemia; Ems, Nassau; and are., besides quite equal to them in strength.” The following brief extiacts are selee from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been from time to time :

II Fbom Bishop Hadeieed, 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 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 capacitated me for any exertion for nine ’weeks, I am now almost entirely, free from pain, andam ableto walk a moderate distance. Fbom Mb J. Hollow at, 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, J 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 wellas my duty to recommend all my friends who may be in search of health to try the waters of Te Aroha. Fbom Captain T, Feaseb, 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 spring? contain extraordinary curative properties ts F the following complaints,: Suppressed gour, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs are proved to contain heavy traces of lithia, 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 Aroha Springs.” 1 Fbom Me Baleoub,' Manages of the Bank oeN.Z., Napier. “ I wish to testify to the very great relief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot baths. I have been subject for many years to rheumatism, and 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 *vas 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 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 comply cured and greatly improved in health, . Da W, R. Eeson S? Onehunga, 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 namber of kidney affections, and last, but not least, that complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia.