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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1789, 23 November 1895, Page 4

Hot 6 Springs. TE AIIOHA HOT SPRINGS. AS a SUMMER RETREAT not one among the SANATORIA of New Zealand is so vapidly becoming famous TE AROUA. Tire celebrity of its HOT SPRINGS is extending tlrroughout the length and breadth of the Colony, and the WONDERFUL CURES affected by the Waters in eases 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 TH E PEOPLE. The CLIMATE in its HEALTH-GIVING 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. In addition to these advantages there are for the Robust abundant means of eiijoyment in BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, while for those in delipato health th neatly laid out Domain forma a most pleasant resort.. • The following analysis of the Watere by Mr .1. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst, and the accompanying extracts from his ieport 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. Chloride of sodium 73.514 72.072 77.748 Bi-carbonate of soda 728.737 698.513 682.123 Carbonate of amu.onia f.. .. 3.556 .112 - 980 Carbonate of iron ,042 :063 042 Carbonate ef lithia • (heavy traces) ■• \ ■Phosphate of soda 2,063 2-203 .696 Phosphate of alumina .. .143 .023 .476 Silica .. 8.568' 8.778 8.778 'Sulphuretted hydro- *' gen .. traces traces traces Total solid matter 857.829 622.184 811.702 s 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 i» appreciable quantity. The Analysis shov these Springs to be very similar in compoai tion. These Mineral Waters are exceedingly interesting, and will prove of great valu medicinally. They closely resemble some the European Mineral Springs bo jußtly brated, more especially those of Vichy, Etna andFacliingen. Their Curative Value will be greatest in Rheumatic and Artluitic Diseases, Calculus, Affections of the Kidneys, and Dy»pepia. Yon may rest assured that all you ran 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 A 3 TO THE VALUE OF THE BATHS, <Src. Sir James Hector states:—“ They are similar to the waters of Vichy and Chandesaignes, in France ; Bilin, Bohemia; Ems, Nassau; and are besides quite equal to them in strength:” The following brief extracts are seleo from among some hundreds of testimonials a similur character which have been from time to time : From Bishop Hadpield, Wellington ‘ Having been ut Te Aroha four weeks, and having obtained great relref from the use of bath No. 3, I think it. well to add my testimony to that of qthers which -you have already re , ceived Having had a very severe jail, which occasioned me much pain in. my back and considerable inconvenience, and which in capacitated me for any exertion for nine weeks, lam now almost entirely free from pain,andam 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 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 loft me. It, will be my pleasure as .well as my duty to recommeqd all my friends who may be in search of health to try the waters of ;Te ■Arolia. -3 i

Feom Captain T. Fkaaeb, M;L.C.DwNKi>m “ I shall be pleased if you will ive mo 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, I am convinced that'these spring j contain extraordinary curative properties f«f the following complaints : Suppressed gout rheumatism in all its forms, dyspepsia, and cutaneous, disorders; and as the spnnga are proved to contain heavy traces of iithia, they must be effiacicus in renal complaints, Whpr. ever I go I shall, inthe interests othmnamty make known the special virtues of the Te Aroha Sprines.” ■ Feom Me Balfock, Manases op the Bank o? 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, and 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 brings. When I arrived at Te Aroha 1 was suffering much from rheumatism, which prevented my sleeping at night, and made walking duriug the day a difficulty ; but from using No. 2 bath for a little ,over three weeks the pains haie entirely left my head, and do not give uneasiness in my feet; in fact, I may safely and truly say that at present I am ‘ cured and greatly improved in health. r Dk W. B, Eeson of Onehunga, Aucfii land. “ The analysis of the springs at Xe 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 hamber of kidney affections, a-nd last, but not leaat, that complaint which flesh heir to—dyspepsia.