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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1979

AUCTION OF SPECIAL NUMBERS REALISES $85,000

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THIRTY SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY

AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $85,000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE LECTURE HALL OF THE CITY HALL SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER BW228, FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $11,500.

ANOTHER NUMBER BW168 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $9,500.

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

BW320 $2,800 BW388 $3,500

BW118 $8,100

BW113 - $4,500

BW316 - $1,100

BW350 $2,000

BW138

$6,000

BW1333- $1,300

BW128 - $5,000

BW733

$5,200

BW768 - $1,600

BW218 $2,000

BW883

$2,500

BW1338- $1,500

BW1961 $3,000

BW2123- $2,200

BW3233- $1,000

BW604 - $1,000

BW172

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$1,000

BW308 - $1,000

BW635 - $1,000

BW283 - $1,000

BW3288- $1,000

BW832 - $1,000

BW1398- $1,000

BW7220- $1,000

BW8999- $1,000

BW6608- $1,000

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 41ST ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY, 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $8,882,900.

FIRING PRACTICE

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FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CASTLE PEAK RANGE ON FOUR DAYS NEXT WEEK.

THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING THE TIME OF FIRING PRACTICE.

THE PRACTICE TIMES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DATE

HOURS

TUESDAY (JANUARY 23)

8 A.M.

5 P.M.

WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 24)

8 A.M.

5 P.M.

THURSDAY (JANUARY 25)

8 A.M.

9 P.M.*

FRIDAY (JANUARY 26)

8 A.M. - 5 P.M.