SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1980
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SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS FETCH $462 600 FOR CHARITY
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THIRTY SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $462 600, WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE LECTURE HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW REGISTRATION NUMBER CC 1 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $160 000.
NUMBER CB 1 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $85 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 EACH FOR EIGHT NUMBERS CB 3900, CB 690, CB 1813, CB 5224, CB 7728, CB 8319, CB 7202, AND CB 7383.
THE OTHER REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES 1
CA 88
CA 8
$61 000
CC 1931
$5 500
CB 980 $2 200
$31.000
CB 733
$5 000
CB 9928 $1 200
CC 50
$20 000
CC 368
$4 700
CC 323
$16 500
CC 329
$4 500
CC 113
$12 500
CB 336
$3 800
CC 121
$11 000
CB 2822 $3 200
AA 107
$ 7 000
CB 299
$2 800
CC 133
$ 7 000
CC 285
$2 500
CB 998
$ 6 000
CB 1811
$2 200
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 50TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED FOR CHARITY SO FAR TO $11 556 232.
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