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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1775, 2 October 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. TE AJtOfclA HOT SPRINGS^ A f unions, the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly beooniiug famous TE AKOIIA. Tim celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending throughout the length anil breadth'ol' the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CURES affected by the Waters in 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 ib par excellence the 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 KIVEB, bail, or boad from Auckland and tho Thames. In addition to these ad vantages there are for the Robust abundant means of enjoyment in BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while fot tliose in delicate health th neatly laid out Domain forms a most pleasant resort. The following analysis of the Waters by Mr <T. 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 105degs., to 119degs. Fahr .a o 3 «.g O C 3 .9 no a Sulphate of lime • 59.989 2.228 Sulphate of magnesia .5# .388 Sulphate of potash 10.2 9.800 Sulphate of soda 27.5mj 28.050 Chloride of sodium 73.514 72,072 Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.513'682.122 Carbonate of am .3 ju CL' ■ « ® 2-98 ' .802 10.794 25.438 77.748 mOßia Carbonate of iron Carbonate of lithia Phosphate of soda Phosphate of al® mina Silk# .. Sulphuretted hydrogen 3.556 .112 ,042 .003 (heavy traces} 2,083 2.203 .143 8.608' .023 8.778 980 042 .693 .476 8.773 traces traces traces Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 h These Waters are all feebly alkaline and trongly charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly ng from the Springs in large quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in t» appreciable quantity. Tho Analysis shov these Springs to be very similar in composi tion. These Mineral Waters 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,.Etna andFachingen. Their Curative. Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dyspepia. You may rest assured that all you >an do for your Springs in the shape of improving the facilities for their use, is Blithely justified by tlie.eharacter of the water,” IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE •_ VALUE 9F THE BATHS, Ac. 'n& Sir James Hector states:—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in Prance Biiin, Bohemia; Ems, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in*stren-:th.” The following brief extiacts are selee from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been from time to time : From Bishop Hadfield, Wellington 1 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, lam now .almost entirely free from ' pain.andam able to walk a moderate distance. From Me 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 pain- ' ful 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 ali my friends who may 1 be in search of health to try the waters of Te Aroha. •>. • ■•■■■ - Fbom Captain T* Frageb, 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 t<r' the following complaints : Suppressed gout, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs arc proved to contain heavy traces of lithia, tney 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.” Fbom Me Balfour, Manager of the Bank ofK.Z., Namer. “I wish to testify to very great relief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot baths. I have been subject for many years to rheumatism, anu in April last had a very severe attack, whic 1 proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hot springs. When I arrived at Te Aroha I was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at night, and during the day a difficulty ; but from U&ig No. 2 bath for a little over three weeks the pSW have entirely left my head, and do not gm any uneasiness in my feet; in fact, I may*safely and truly say that at present I am complo ,el* cured and greatly improved in health. Db W, R. Ebson of Onehunga, Auckland. “ The analysis of the springs at Te Aroha, and the highly medicinal value of tlieir 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.