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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1787, 16 November 1895, Page 4

Hot Springe. TE AEOHA HOT SPRINGS. AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so rapidly becoming famous TE AROIIA; The celebrity of its ' • HOT SPRINGS ' „ . . • • ' .■ ■ . ( i 9 extending throughout the length and breadth bf the Colony,and the V : WONDERFUL CURES affected by the Waters in cases of RHEUMATISM, Gout, lumbago, tiver j AND KIDNEY COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION,; and Kindred Ailments, are gratefully testified to in'the Visitors’ Book 1 by Hundreds of Persons who by their use > have been restored, to Health and all its enjoyments.. Tbeplace is PAR excellencb THE . ' v *' SANATORIUM OF THF PEOPLE. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH-GIVING PROPERTIES is unsurpassed ; ;the COST OF LIVING is exceedingly MODERATE;. and the locality is Casy of access by river, • rail, or road from Auckland and the Thames, - In addition to these ad vantages there are for,the Robust abundant means of enjoyment in ; BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while l fbi those in delicate healtli th - neatly! laid out Domain forms a most , pleasant resort. - The following analysis of the Waters by MrjT.IA. Pond, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from; ■’ his i eport 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 llfidegs. Fahrr to "g -.'-S * , laft.® Sulphate of lime >’' ? 11,9892.228 2-98 Sulphate of magnesia ~S7. .; r .836 ; ; ..60S , ; Sulphate of potash 10.2 1 ; 9.800 10.794 Sulphate of soda? 27;5a6 • 28.056 26.438 \ Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072 ‘77.748 : Bi-carbonate of soda, 728.737 698.613 682.123 Carbonate of ammonla ....... 3.556 .112 980 Carbonate of iron ,042 .063 ~~ 042 Carbonate »f lithia (heavy traces) Phosphate of soda 2,063 2.203 .698 Phosphate of alumina .. .143 .023 .476 Silica .. k 8.568 8.778 : 8.778 Sulphuretted hydrogen .. - traces traces; traces Total solid matter 857.829 822.184 811.702 s These . Waters are,all feebly alkaline and , t trorigly charged with carbonic acid gas, which is constantly escupmg from the Springs in large quantities. The Lithia, a valuable constituent of these Waters, is present in n . appreciable quantity. . The Analysis shov these Springs to be very similar in composi tion. These Mineral Wuters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great valu medicinally. They closely reßomble some the European Mineral Springs no justly / Vibrated, more especially those of ’ Vichy. Ema andFachingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys,- and Dyv» pep ia. You may rest assured that all you an do for your Springs in the shape of improving . the facilities for tneir use, rs eutireiy justified by the character of the water,”

IMPORTANT TESTIMON Y AS TO THE ' , VALUE OF THE BATHS, &c. Sir James Hector states:—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes,\ in Prance ; Bilin, Bohemia'; Bros, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in strength.- ■: Tlie following brief extracts are selec from among Bqme hundreds of testimonials a .similar character which have been from time to time : ‘ ~. • . Fjioh Bishop : Ha'dfield, ' Wellington ‘ Having been at Te Aroha four weeks, and having obtained great relief from the use of bath No. 3, I think it well 'tp add my testimony ' to that of others which you have already re | ceived- Having had a. very severe fall, which j ocousioned me much pa,in in my hack and ! considerable inconvenience, and which in capacitated me for any exertion for nine wieeks, I now almost entirely, free -from pain, and am able to walk amoderatedistance, : From Mb J. Holloway, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Nelson: “I feel I ought to place on record ray 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 ! have suffered- so long has almostleft mo. It will be my pleasure as vitellas my' duty to recommend all my friends wlio may , be in search of health to try the waters of Ta Aroha. ■ y : , ::•* • ■/ «- <y. •• •» Fbom Captain T, Fbaseb, M.L.C. Dunewn “ I shall be pleased if you will ive me an opportunity of publicly fexjpressiiig my 'opiu'ion of the Te Aroha Springs. Since my residence at Te Aroha, '• from ~whaf I have seen and heard, I-am convinced that these Spring i . contain extraordinary curative properties t«r the following complaints: Suppressed gout, rheumatism* in'all'its forms, dyspepsia; and cutaneous disorders t; and as the ?springs areproved to contain heavy traces of lithia, they 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 Mb Balfour, Manaseb of the Bank of N.Z., Napier. “ I .wish to.; testify to the very great relief I hav6 experienced from using \ the Te Afoha hot baths< - I have: beea subject" for many years to -rheumatism, and iu April last had a very Bevere attack, whici proved obstinate to shake off, and; after trying vainly many remedies, was ordered to the hot. sj/rings, When I arrived at To Aroha I was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at night; Bnd-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 ' cured and greatly improved in health. Db -Wv R. 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.