COAL USE SURVEY
Answer Sought To Questions The response in Christchurch to the Mines Department’s fuel survey questionnaire has so far been disappointing, Mr K. C. Thornhill, district fuel engineer to the department, said yesterday. “So far, only about 20 per cent of the domestic consumers we approached have returned their questionnaires, and only about 30 per cent of coal merchants,” said Mr Thornhill. “Industrial users have been better—they have returned between 50 and 60 per cent of their questionnaires. “While the individual consumer may not benefit directly through sending in his ' questionnaire, he stands to gain much indirectly,” said Mr Tornhill. “When we know what the customer wants, we shall set about trying to give him it.” Coal merchants stood to gain more directly from the survey, and the response from them should be near 100 per cent, he thought. All coal merchants, and all of a random sample of domestic consumers chosen for the survey, had now been approached, but approaches were still being made to industrial consumers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19640901.2.246
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30534, 1 September 1964, Page 23
Word Count
170COAL USE SURVEY Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30534, 1 September 1964, Page 23
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.