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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1779, 16 October 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. A S a SUMMER RETREAT not cno ±x. among the SANATORIA oi New is so rapidly becoming famous IE AltOliA. The celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending throughout the length and breadth oi'the Colony, and the ~ WOBDEBFUL CUBES affected by the Waters in cases of RH EUMATISM,, GOUT, LUMBAGO, LIVER AND KIDNEY COMPLAIN IS, IN GESTION, and Kindred Ailments, are gratefully testified to in the Visitors’ Book by Hundreds of Persons who by their use have been restored to Heal th and ail its enjoyments. Theplace is par excellence THE * ... SANATORIUM OF THE PEOPL E. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH-GIY 7 NG 1 PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; the COST OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE; and the locality is easy of access by river, rail, OK road from Auckland Kind the Thames. In addition to these fid /antages there are for the Robust abundant means of enjoyment in BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while foi those in delicate health th neatly laid out Domain forms a smst . pleasant resort. The following analysis of the Waters bv Mr -T. A. Pokd, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his report thereon to the Domain Board, will be read with interest. The Samplos were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr - A & cS O cS Sulphate of lime 18.989 2.228 298 Sulphate of magnesia 3P .336 .662 Sulphate of potash 10.2 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.5*8 28.056 25.458 Chloride of sodium 73.514 73.072 77-748 Bi-carbonate of soda .728.737 698.513 682.12 a Carbonate of am a These Waters are all feebly'alkaline and trongly charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly escaping from the Springs in large quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in o appreciable quantity. The Analysis 3hov these Spriugs to be very similar in couiposi tion. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great va 1 u medicinally. They closely-r-seoible some the European Mineral Springs no .justly brated, more especially those oi Vichy, Sms undFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Artluiiic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, an.! pepia, Yo.u may rest assured that all you <ac do for your Springs in-the shapfe‘'nf irj)picp; ••the facilities for their use,> iseiUiieiy by the character of the water,” ' V

IMPORTANT TESTIMON Y A 3 TO THE . YALUE OF THE BATHS, &o. Sir James Hector states ‘ They are similar-to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, rm France ; Biiin, Bohemia; Bios, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in strength.” The f oUo wing brief exti acts are selec from: among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been from time to time: • ~ FxtoH Bisixop Hadfikld, Wellington | ‘Having been atToAroha four weeks,and hav- | ing obtained great relief from the use of baih 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, l am now almost entirely free from pain, and am able to walk a moderate distance. From Mb 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 painful nature. . After about a month’s residence at TeAroha, I am thankful to say l ean 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, Ebom: 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 uiy residence at Te Arolia, from what I have seen and ~ heard, I am convinced that these spring? contain extraordinary, curative properties is* the following complaints : - Suppressed gour, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs ar? proved to contain heavy traces of lithia, tney* must be effiaeicus in renal complaints, Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humaxrity>" make known the special virtue? of the Te Aroha Springs.” . Fnoar Mb Balfour, Manager of the Bans ofN.Z., Nabieb. “I wish to testify to the very great relief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot baths. I have beea subject for many years to rheumatism, ana in Api il last had a very severe attack, whic obstinate to shake off, and. after trying inany remedies, was ordered to the hot springs,-S, When I arrived at Te Aroha I .vas much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at night, and made walking during 1 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 coinpla ;eW cured aud greatly improved in health. Db W, B, Ebson of 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.