Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 10 September 1891, Page 3

Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

An ordinary Wa'ker's whisky bottle has been completely filled with Dr Fletcher's Pi Is, securely corked with a cork one inch into the neck and sealed and placed in the charge of the Gomtiiercial Bank, Newtown,

Sydney. No living soul know* hov> viany ■pill* the bottle contains. We agree to divide £50 (fifty pounds) in prizes for the nearest guesses as to the number of pills contained ' in the bottle as fol'ows : — o "e present of £25 for the nearest guess. v _ "■"* for the next nearest guess *"" *" Mjt^ ••* nearest guess „ „ „£» forthene*. _ " 1 ° s „ „ „£i for the next nearest «u^. „ „ „£8 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£2 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£1 for the next nearest guess Conditions :— We make no charge for the guess, but only purchasers of Dr Fletcher's Biliotts and Liver Pi 'ls are eligible to com* pete and the giiess must be written on one of our printed" forms, one df whleh t is wrapped around every shi.Jing box having our Jaborato y after this date. In case two or more persons guess the correct number, the one first to hand will get the £25 and the next guess to band gets the £10 and so on. In case nobody guesses the correct number, the nearest guess gets first present of £25. Fletcher's pills are aold at one shilling per box everywhere by r chemists, storekeepers and patent medicine vepdors, or we' will send a box with guesß form for 13 penny stamps of any colony. All guesses will be entered in a book and numbered an received. The bottle will be opened on January Ist 1892, and the presents sent out at once to the lucky guessers. This competition is a perfectly bona fide affair and arranged for the purpose of introducing Dr Fletcher's Fills, so there can be no appeal from our decision. [CERTIFICATE.] - 22-6-Dl, We have this day seen a Walker's whisky bottle filled with Dr Fletcher's Pills and securely corked and sealed. No one knows how many pills are in the bottle, whioh is now secure in our safe until January Ist, 1892. - W. H: Goddakd, Manager, Ehxest Lyons, Accountant. Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. We cannot ' enter into correspondence about the competition, unless stamps for reply, and addressed envelopes are sent each time. Results and names of successful ftuessevs will be sent to everybody who sends two penny stamps and addressed envelope, and not otherwise. F. M. Clements, Newtown, Sydney.