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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1776, 5 October 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. TE AHOHa HOT SPRINGS. . AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one xjL among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is, so rapidly becoming famous IE AROII A. 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, LUMBAGO* OLIVER AND KIDNEY INDIGESTION, and Kindred Ailments, are gratefully testified to in the Visitors’ Book t»y Hundreds of Persons who oy their use have been restored to Health and all its enjoyments. Theplaceis par excellence THE . 1 SANATORIUM OF THE. PEOPLE. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH GIV T NG PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; the GOST OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE; and the locality is easy or access by river, sail, or road from Auckland and the ■Thames. In addition to these ad vantages there are for the Robust abundant means of enjoyment in . . : ' r - BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while foi those in. delicate health tb 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 1 eport thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest. The Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of >vhicl» ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr - ..a o O o 3 ’C £* pen Sulphate of lime .$5,989 2.228 2-98 Sulphate of magftesia Sulphate of potasn 10.2 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.5a6 28 056 25-438 Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072 77.748 Bi-carbonute of soda 728.737 698.513 682.123 Carbonate of am n.onia .. .. 3.556 .112 980 Carbonate of iron .042 .063 042 Carbonate of lithia (heavy traces) Phosphate of soda 2,063 2.203 ,696 Phosphate of ale- , , mina .. .143 .023 .476 Silica .. 8.568 8.778 8.778 Sulphuretted hydrogen .. traces traces traets Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 s These Waters are all feebly alkaline and • trongly charged with carbonic acid .gas, which is constantly ng from the Springs in'large quantities. The Litliia, _a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in n appreciable quantity. The Analysis shov these Springs to be very similar in opmposi tion. These Mineral Wafers- are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of 'great vaJu medicinally. They closely r.-sc table, some the European Mineral Springs tio justly, prated, nTore especially those. oi Vichy, E>ns andFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus! Affections of the Kidneys, anil Dv.«pepia. You may rest assured that all you, an do for your Springs in the shape of improving ihe facilities for their use, is entirely justified by the character of the water.” "4^" IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO TIIE VALUE OF THE BATHS, &c. . Sir James Hector states:—“-They are similar 4o the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in France ; Biiin, Bohemia; Bros, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in strength.” ’ . The following brief extiacts are selec from among some hundreds of testimonials a;similar character which have been ’ from time to time :

I Ebom Bishop Hadfield, . Wellington ‘ Having been at Te Aroha four weeks, and having obtained great - relief from tlie 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 and 7 which in capacitated me for any exertion for nine weeks,. l am now almost entirely free from pain, andam able to walk a moderate distance, ' From Mb J- Holloway, Manager of, the Bank ofNew 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, 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, • - Fbom Captain T.Fbaseb, 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, J am convinced that these spring? contain extraordinary curative properties in' the following complaints : Suppressed gout, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and outaneous disorders; and as the springs air proved to contain heavy traces of iithia, ttey must be efliaeicus in renal complaints. Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aro'oa Sprines.” ... Fbom Mb Balfoub, 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. I have been subject for many years to rheumatism, an a in April last had a very severe attack, whic x proved obstinate to shake off, and after vainiy many remedies, was ordered to tbit/ keyrings. When I arrived at Te Aroha l vas chaffering 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 cample ,eh> cured and greatly improved in health. Db W. R, Ebson of Oneucnga, Auckland. “ The analysis of the springs at le 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 unfortun-' ate sufferers in most forms of rheumatism gout, a large namber of kidney affections, and last, but not least, tliat complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia.