RADIUM.
TRACES ON WHITE ISLAND.
[Per Pjikss Association.] AUCKLAND. Feb. 11
Mr. Gray, owner of White Island, has received news from Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, that there are traces of radium in a small sample of water taken from the lake on the island. A larger quantit- is asked for, for further tests, at the earliest opportunity. This confirms another analysis . WELLINGTON, Feb. 11. Regarding the White Island telegram re radium, Mr. Andrew Gray, owner of the island, furnishes the following information: “! liavo had no direct communication from the Cavendish laboratory, but have had a letter from Mr. Galbraith, late of Auckland, stating that a sample of White Island lake water, obtained by courtesy of Mr. Alexander, an Auckland solicitor, while on a yachting cruise, had' been examined at Cambridge by the Hon. R. J. Strutt, professor of physics. This sample showed slight traces in solids of radium. This was in 1907, when radium was less valuable. I telegraphed to a fnends to try to get a jar of water during an excursion t-o-day from Opoti'ki, and I presume this got about and inspired the Auckland message published to-night-.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2734, 12 February 1910, Page 5
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188RADIUM. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2734, 12 February 1910, Page 5
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