Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 24 October 1891, Page 3

Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

An ordinary Wa leer's whisky bottle hue been completely ti led with Dr Fletcher's Pills, securely corked with a cork one inch into the neck and sealed and placed in the charge of the Commercial Bank, New town, Sydney. No living soul knows how many pill* the bottle contains. We agree to divide £50 (fifty pounds) in prizes for the nearest guesses as to the number of villa contained in the bottle as fol ows :— One present of £25 for the nearest guess. , „ „ £10 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£5 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£4 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£3 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 Bilious and Liver Pi Is are eligible to compote aud the guess must be written on one of our printed forms, one of which is wrapped around every shi ling box 1 aving 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 I and gets the £10 and so on. In case nobody guesses the correct nu i.ber, the nearest guess pets first press., nt of £25. Fletcher's pills are sold at one shilling per box everywhere by chemists, storekeepers and patent medicine vendors, or we will send a box with guess form for 13 penny stamps of any colony. Al guesses will be entered in a book and numbered as received, The bottle will be opened on Junuary Ist 1892, and the presents sent out "at once to the lucky guepsers. This competition is a perfectly bona fide affair and arranged for the purpose of int oducing Dr Fletoher's Pills so there can be no appeal from our decision. [CERTIFICATE.] 22-6-91 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 which is now secure in our Bafe until January Ist, 1892. W.H. Goddabd, Manager, Ernest Lyons, Accountant. Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. We cannot ente^ into correspondence about the competition, unless stamps for reply and addressed envelopes are sent each time. Besults and names of successful guesserswin be Bent to everybody who sends two penny stamps and addressed envelope, and not otherwise. F. M. Clements, Newtown, Sydney.