SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1975
+NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES USE A NAKED FLAME TO TRY TO DISCOVER A LEAK, HE STRESSED. +IF SOAP SOLUTIONS ARE APPLIED TO THE SUSPECTED AREA, A LEAK WILL BE INDICATED BY SWELLING OF THE BUBBLES.+
MR. FENDER SAID FAULTY REGULATORS SHOULD NOT BE TAMPERED WITH, BUT LEFT TO THE DISTRIBUTOR TO CHANGE. IF A LEAK PERSISTS, THE REGULATOR SHOULD BE DETACHED AND THE CYLINDER MOVED INTO THE OPEN AIR.
+LUCKY+ CAR NUMBERS FETCH $82,600 ******
TWENTY SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $82,600 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
TODAY'S AUCTION, THE FIRST THIS YEAR HELD AT THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, SAW REGISTRATION NUMBER AA6633 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $7,000.
AF2 AND AW2828 WERE SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $6,800 EACH. AND THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 FOR THE NUMBER AZ8989.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: 4500 FOR $6,500- XX1000 FOR $6,200= AJ7 FOR $6,100- AB90 AND 1975 FOR $6,000 EACH AJ55 FOR $5,200- AA868 FOR $4,000 AX8118 FOR $3,500 3915 FOR $3,000- AC19 FOR $2,500- AF7711 FOR $2,400- AY6000 FOR $2,200- AU2000 FOR $2,100- AT6789 FOR $1,900 AND AB5005 AND AG1234 FOR $1,700 EACH.
SPECIAL NUMBERS SOLD AT AN AUCTION WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 21ST IN A SERIES ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $3.5 MILLION.
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