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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1980

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SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS FETCH $462 600 FOR CHARITY

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THIRTY SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $462 600, WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE LECTURE HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW REGISTRATION NUMBER CC 1 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $160 000.

NUMBER CB 1 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $85 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 EACH FOR EIGHT NUMBERS CB 3900, CB 690, CB 1813, CB 5224, CB 7728, CB 8319, CB 7202, AND CB 7383.

THE OTHER REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES 1

CA 88

CA 8

$61 000

CC 1931

$5 500

CB 980 $2 200

$31.000

CB 733

$5 000

CB 9928 $1 200

CC 50

$20 000

CC 368

$4 700

CC 323

$16 500

CC 329

$4 500

CC 113

$12 500

CB 336

$3 800

CC 121

$11 000

CB 2822 $3 200

AA 107

$ 7 000

CB 299

$2 800

CC 133

$ 7 000

CC 285

$2 500

CB 998

$ 6 000

CB 1811

$2 200

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

TODAY'S SALE, THE 50TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED FOR CHARITY SO FAR TO $11 556 232.

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