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SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1978

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AUCTION OF SPECIAL+ NUMBERS REALISES $375,000

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A TOTAL OF 16 SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR $375,000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE LECTURE HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMEER BB8888 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF 20,000.

ANOTHER NUMBER AH999 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE CF $42,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $4,000 FOR BG525.

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

HK83

$40,000

911

H

$31,000

BM68

$28,000

8686

$26,000

1338

$21,000

BT99

$20,000

AB6688

$16,000

EM777

—-—

$16,000

BR69

$13,000

753

$12,000

AA1221

$12,000

BT123

$9,000

XX14

$5,000

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 37TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $7,838,000.

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