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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1980
SPECIAL CAR NOS. FETCH $372 400 FOR CHARITY
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TWENTY-NINE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF $372 400 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY.
THE AUCTION WAS HELD IN THE RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER CC 3 SOLD FOR THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $100 000.
ANOTHER NUMBER CC 66 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $51 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR AR 1971, CC 2895, CC 7202, CC 6848, CC 5331 AND CC 9110, REGISTRATION NUMBER CE 1 WAS WITHDRAWN.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
CC 6888 $10 000
CC 7890
$8 000
AR 71
$7 000
CD 928
$8 000
CD 336
$4 200
CD 233
$4 600
CD 633
$4.900
CD 1828
$3.000
CC 9919
$1 200
CD 283
$5 100
CC 6688
$40 000
CD 338
$11.000
CC 9888
$3 500
CD 99
$38 000
CC 7873
$3 000
AA 14
$3.000
CC 6887
$1 300
CC 2888
$14 000
CC 101 $6 000 CC 3833
$4 600
CC 3388
$35 000
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 53RD ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY, 1973, BROUGHT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED FOR CHARITY TO $12 733 232.