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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1985

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FLOWER STALLS SNAPPED UP

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ALL 24 COMMERCIAL STALLS FOR THE SALE OF FLOWERS, PLANTS AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS AT THE FORTHCOMING URBAN COUNCIL FLOWER SHOW WERE SOLD OUT THIS MORNING AT HIGH PRICES.

ABOUT A HUNDRED POTENTIAL BIDDERS PACKED THE

CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE VICTORIA PARK TENNIS COURT WHERE THE AUCTIONING OF THE STALLS TOOK PLACE.

THE UPSET PRICE FOR A NINE-SQUARE-METRE STALL WAS $200 AND THAT FOR AN 18-SQUARE-METRE ONE WAS $400.

HOWEVER, BIDS OFFERED RAN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH ONE AFTER ANOTHER WITH THE RESULTANT PRICE FOR A SMALL STALL RANGED BETWEEN $1 600 AND $3 000, AND FOR A LARGE ONE BETWEEN $2 900 AND $8 500.

MEANWHILE, PLANT LOVERS ARE REMINDED THAT APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S URBAN COUNCIL FLOWER SHOW WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY.

THE SHOW WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MEMORIAL GARDEN AND THE EXHIBITION HALL OF THE CITY HALL BETWEEN APRIL 19 AND

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LAST YEAR, A RECORD NUMBER OF 32 482 PEOPLE VISITED THE SHOW AND 1 345 COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS FROM 553 INDIVIDUALS WERE PUT ON DISPLAY.