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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1978
CAR NUMBERS AUCTION REAL ISES $595,800
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TWENTY-THREE VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $595,800 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERJES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 6 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $330,000,
ANOTHER NUMBER BP 1 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $57,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS BW 809 FOR $1,600.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES
XX 47
5,500
BW 1818
15,000
BW 633
7,000
BM 595
3,000
BV 8388
4,000
BW 663
5,000
BV 595
5,500
BW 238
5,900
BW 728
3,200
BV 3333 23,000
BW 288
9,000
BW 983
1,900
BW 1
53,000
BW 328
30,000
BW 1112 1,900
BW 123
13,000
BW 338
10,400
BW 2228 4,000
BW 357
2,100
BW 3338
4,500
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED 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 40TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $8,857,232.
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