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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1977

SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS REAL ISE OVER $280,000

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AT AN AUCTION AT THE CITY HALL THIS MORNING, 16 SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS FETCHED A TOTAL OF $281,400 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY.

THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE CITY HALL LECTURE HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 65 GO FOR THE HIGHEST PRICE OF

$72,000.

ANOTHER NUMBER, AA 11 WAS SOLD FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $50,000, WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $4,000 FOR AR1234.

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

2300

$10,400

2391

$ 9,300

AJ9000 BB 3

$ 5,100

BM 200

$10,200

$34,000

BM 929 $ 5,500

HK3939

$ 8,000

BB 123

$10,900

HK8000 AD2828

$ 7,500

BE 10

$10,000

$10,500

BK 1 BL1111

$25,000

$ 9,000

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

THIS MORNING'S SALE, THE 34TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO ABOUT $6 MILLION.

EDUCATION SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES TOMORROW

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SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, ST. TERESA'S CHURCH AND ALL SAINTS' CHURCH AT 11 A.M. TOMORROW (SEPTEMBER 11), TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

ALL TEACHERS AND PUPILS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THESE SERVICES WHICH ARE HELD TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN THE TASKS THAT LIE AHEAD IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE SERVICES AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND ST. TERESA'S CHURCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH WHILE THOSE AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AND THE ALL SAINTS' CHURCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANTONESE.

MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WILL ATTEND THE SERVICE AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENT AT THE OTHER SERVICES.