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New Zealand Tablet, 1 April 1920, Page 37

Mental deficiency is no obstacle to God’s grace, (and it can bo made up for by religious influences. • Since the beginning of the war the leadership in the production of radium has been transferred from Europe to the United States. That country is now producing almost all of the world’s output, which amounts to about an ounce annually. This amount, which can be contained in a tablespoon, has a selling value of ■ $3,500,000. $ To produce this*'small amount of radium 1400 carloads of raw material are Used./ Fortunately, radium is virtually indestructible and non-perishable. The world’s stock of radium at present amounts to only three or four ounces. The greatest care is taken to preserve this, as radium is 100 times more valuable than the highest quality diamonds, and 200,000 times more valuable than pure gold.