THE MYSTERIOUS RADIUM.
MAY BE FOUND IN NEW ZEALAND. New Zexi.axo is fortunate in having been so plentifully endowed with mineral resources, v but the actual extent of these resources is not yet known. Shall we one., day make a dazzling find of radium in this i country? ' ■ '."•. Mr. Clement Wragge. F.R.G.S., in his lecture in the Choral Hall - last night, speaking of radium and its enormous com- .'.•'.'! mercial .value viz., £3,200,000 to .the lb. ':.,. avoirdupois, said he had' noticed that . a'S • rich find of coal had recently been made in. .thai neighbourhood of Whangarei. If •■.';-•, those engaged in prospecting could only •'.'■■ ■!/•; discover pitch blende (from which radium. '\'['] was obtained) the gift of a Dreadnought to'- '": ] the nation would be as nothing compared with it. From what he knew of New ; ; Zealand pitch blende, if ever discovered in'.'" J the Dominion, would be found North of ./ "' Auckland. ' '*! ,- i'jj —- ..,2-2* •; *Js(|
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14019, 26 March 1909, Page 4
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150THE MYSTERIOUS RADIUM. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14019, 26 March 1909, Page 4
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