Survey of Games television
l.Vcu? .Zealand Press Association)
WELLINGTON
The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation is making a television viewer survey of the Commonwealth Games in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin to determine how many people are watching the Games and what events they are viewing.
Results of the survey an not expected to be availabl: till after the Games. The commercial enginee; of the New Zealand Electri city Department, Mr N. D Webb, said that it was to< early to calculate how mud extra power was being use< by television viewing of th< Games. Weather and other aspect: might upset an accurate analysis, but the departmen
si might make a survey later, J he said. A spokesman for a Wei-: : lington electrical firm, said a • . 23in television set would use \ . about 100 watts of power ini one hour, compared with 130 i to 150 by a large neon sign. ! N.I. croquet.— Judith Clarke, ' aged 13, of Gisborne, has won the women’s title in the North . ; Island croquet championships at ! , Napier. Paul Skinley, aged 15,. • of Dannevirke, won the open 1 title.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33446, 30 January 1974, Page 24
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