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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1786, 13 November 1895, Page 4

Hot Springs. TE AROHA HOT SPRINGS. A S a SUMMER RETREAT ' not one XJI among the SANATORIA of, New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TE AROHA. 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, 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 is par excellence THE SANATORIUM OF THE PEOPLE. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH-GIV T NG PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; the COST OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE; and the locality is easy of access by river, rail, or road from Auckland' and the Thames. Ip addition to, these ad vantages 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 report thereon to the Domain Board, will bt read with interest. The Samples were taken from the Springs, as numbered, the temperatures of which ranged from 105degs. to 119degs. Fahr; - v

• 5 5a m CQ .5 O °3 to .S W> 44 a Sulphate of lime M,989 2.228 2-98 Sulphate of magnesia .87 .336 .603 Sulphate of potash 10.2 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda 27.5*6 -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 . monia .. 3.556 .112 980 Carbonate of iron .042. .063 . 042 Carbonate qf lithia (heavy traces) Phosphate of soda 2,063 2.203 .693 Phosphate of ala- • mina .. .143 .023 ’ .4^6 Silica .. 8.568 8.778 - 8.778 Sulphuretted hydros gen .. traces traces traces Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 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 n appreciable quantity. The Analysis shov i these Springs to be very simitar in composi tion. These Mineral lVuters are exceedingly interesting, and will-prove of great valu medicinally. They closely r.-soruble some the European Mineral Springs no justly brafed, more especially those of Vichy, Etna andFachingen. Their Curative Value "will be greatest in Kheumaticand Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dvspepia. You may rest assured th.it all you < an do for your Springs in the shape of improving the facilities for their use, is 'entirely 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 Ghandesaignes, in France : Bilih, Bohemia; Eras, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in strength.” The following brief extracts 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, 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 baak and considerable inconvenience, and which in capacitated me for any exertion for nine weeks, I am now almost entirely free' 1 from pain, and am able to walk a moderate distance. From Mb J. Hollo wav, 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, I am thankfulto 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 be in search of health to try the waters of Te Aroha. Fbom Captain T.Frabeb, 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 qt Te Aroha, from what I have seen' andheard, I am convinced that these spring contain extraordinary, curative properties the following complaints: Suppressed gout, rheumatism. in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous disorders; and as the springs are proved to contain heavy traces of lithia, they , must beefflacicus in renal complaints, Wherever I go 1 shall, in the interests of humanity, make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Springs.” I v ' Feom Mr Balfour, Manager of the 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 been subject for many years to rheumatism, ana in April last had a very severe attack, whic i proved obstinate to shake off, and after trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hot s ./rings. When I arrived at Te Aroha 1 was suffering 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 mf uneasiness in my feet ; in fact, I may safely’ and truly say that at present L ain cornpla ,eN _ cured and greatly improved in health. Db W.. R. Ebsonv 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 narnber of kidney affections, and last, but not least, that complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia.