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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1986

SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS SALE BY AUCTION

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THIRTY-TWO SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $336 000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

THE AUCTION HELD AT RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, 8TH FLOOR, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER DH 18 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF 352 000.

ANOTHER NUMBER DH 168 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $41 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR DH 996, DH 412 AND DH 309.

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

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6 000 DG 1888

DG 2228 5 000

9 000 DH 911

DH 8118 22 000

DH 1123

3 000

BC 1283

4 000

DH 1698

5 500

DH 226

2 500

DH 688

10 000

CC 7

40 000

DH 535

7 000

DJ 633

6 000

DH 735 4 000

DJ 386

6 000

DG 8832

3 500

DH 138

20 000

DJ 609

4 500

AL 699

1 500

DH 3113

8 000

DG 123

9 000

DH 2100

3 000

AL 238 7 000

DH 668

18 000

DJ 821

4 000

BB 3882 7 500

DH 383

20 000

CG 486

4 000

THREE NUMBERS, BK 5, DG 3399, 1327 WERE WITHDRAWN.

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 104TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $37 513 232.

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