Hot Springs. TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS..: A S a SUMMER RETREAT not cne among the SANATORIA 1 of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TE AItOUA. The celebrity of its - HOT SPRINGS is extending throughout the length anAy breadth of the Golouy, and the. , . . , WON DERF UL C&R&0. affected by the Waters in cases'ofß^/EU* MATISM, GOUT, LUMBAGO,ApIV ER AND KIDNEY COMPLAI^pgAINDIGESTION, and Kindred ~»i£Sts, arc gratefully testified toßook by Hundreds of Pi;r.«bns who by ‘their use have been restored to Health and all enjoyments-. Theplace is , 'PAR eXCeLLkncS the /. r* , SANATORIUM OF THE /PEOPL^^f The CLIMATE in its HEALtH-GlVINfj PROPERTIES is unsurpassed i; the COSL OF. LIVING is : exceedingiy and the locality is easy o£ access b£R IVER* RAIL, OR ROAD from Auckland and Ria : Thames. In addition to these advantages there are for the Robust abundant means, of enjoyment in ; ■ - .'y . - BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while foi 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 / accompanyiug extracts from his leport ■* tUef|cif'to the Domain Board, wilEbe.read \ frbm ; the?Kprings, as numbered, thei ternof which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fain* • - ' ' :. ** Mjs '■3.9 S Of a*.Sulphate of lime 2,989 Sulphate of magnesia ,37 Sulphate of potash 10.2' Sulphate of soda 27. Chloride of sodium 731514 ... - . Bf-cai bonate of soda 728.737 698.513 682.128 Carbonate of •am .. JfeAi.. ... 2.298 2-98 . : '.336 v :. .60S: 9.800 T0;794 28 6§6 72.072v57.748 »These Waters are all feebly alkaline and trongly charged with carbonic acid 'ghS, Ayhich is constantly escup.ng from the Springs • in large quantities. The Lithia, - a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in o appreciable quantity. The Analysis shoV'_ these Springs to be very similar in couiposi tion. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and. twill‘prove of. great valu medicinally.. They closely rAomble some the European Mineral Springs so justly brated, more especially.thbse of.. Vichy, lima andFaehingen. Their CurativA Value/will-bt greatest in Rheumatic and ’Arauitw Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, anil Dye•pep ia. You may rest assured that all you. <■ ando for your Springs in the shape of improving- - the facilities for their use, is enli/eiy justified by the character of the water,”
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE ■ VALUE OF THE BATHS, &c. Sir James Hector states“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in France ; Biliri. Bohemia; EmS, Nassau ; and are besides quite equal to them in strength" The following brief exti acts are seleo from among some hundreds of testimonials a similar character which have been from time to time : From Bishop Hadfield, Wellington ‘Having been at Te Aroha four weeks, aud 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 mo much pain in my baok and considerable inconvenience, and which in capacitated toe for any exertion for -nine weeks, I am now almost entirely free from pain, and am able to walk a moderate distance. Fbom 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-j ustly famous baths For many months . past# .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 considerabld 'ease, while the pain. from which I have suffered so long has almost left me. Jit 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 Arolia, \ Fbom Captain T.Fraseb, M.L.C. Dunedin \‘ I shall be pleased if you will ive me an opportunity of publicly expressing my opinioD oi 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 la/*-- : the following -complaints : Suppressed gotif, rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs are proved to contain heavy traces of lithia, they must beefliacicus in renal complaints. Wherever I go I shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Sprines.” Fbom Mb Balfoub, Manageb of tile Bank. ofN.Z., Napier. “ I wish to testify to the very great relief I have experienced from using the Te Aroha hot baths., I have bee.i subject for many years to rheumatism, ana iu April last had a very severe . atCick, i prbved ? - obstinate to shake off, ahSfafter fTj-Xhg vainly., many remedies, was ordered tb the hot springs. When I arrived at Te much from rheumatism, deeping at night, and made walkm °' , V'ring the day a difficulty ; but from usings . ior a little over three weeks the pains entirely left my head, and do not give anff uneasiness in my feet } in fact, I may safeb and truly say that atpfesent I am cured and greatly improved in health. - Db W, R. Ehson of OnehdNoa, Auckland. “ The analysis of th> -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 ‘ £1 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.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1784, 2 November 1895, Page 4
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