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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1976

SALES OF LUCKY CAR NUMBERS FETCH NEARLY $200,000

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AT AN AUCTION AT THE CITY HALL TODAY (SATURDAY), 15 SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS FETCHED A TOTAL OF $197,200 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY.

THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER AF 8 60 FOR THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $35,000.

ANOTHER NUMBER, BJ 1, WAS SOLD FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $30,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $3,000 FOR AB 73.

THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:

AS 2222

$26,000

AE 1000

$8,000

BE 7777

$19,000

BG 55

$8,000

AE 18

$14,000

AC 383

$7,200

AD 666

$12,000

AB 1188 - $7,000

AH 11

$11,200

AP 800

$6,000

AF 3300 AK 23

$5,800

$5,000

THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE AUCTION.

TODAY'S SALE, THE 28TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO ABOUT $4.5 MILLION.

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