Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 7 November 1891, Page 3

Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

An ordinary Wa'ker's whisky bottle hr.s been completely tilled 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 mul knows how mam/ pills the bottle contains, V\ c agree to divide d£so (fifty pounds) in prizes for the nearest guesses as to the number of • ills contained in the bottle as fol owe :— One present of £25 for the nearest guese. , „ „ £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 gues ' „ „€1 for the ne t 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 compete and the guess must be written on one of our printed forms, one of which is wrapped around every shi ling box 1 aving our laborato y after this date. In case I two or more persons guess the correct I number, the one first to hand will get the I £25 and the next guess to i and gets the | £10 and so on. In case nobody guesses : the correct numbpr, the nearest guess I first present of £25. Fletcher'* pills are | sold at one shilling per box everywhere by ohomists, storekeepers and patent medicine vendors, or we will send a box with gueßß form for 18 penny stamps of any colony. All guesses will be entered in a book and numbered as reoeived, The bottle will be j opened on January Ist 1892, and the presents sent out at once to the lucky gupssers. This competition is a perfectly bona fide affair and arranged for the purpose of int'oducing Dr Fletcher's Pills so there oan be no appeal from our decision. [CERTIFICATE.] 22-G-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 safe unt.l January Ist, 1892. W.H. Goddabd, Manager, Ernest Lyons, Accountant. Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. We cannot enter into correspondence about the compet tion, unless stamps for reply and addressed envelopes are sent each time. Results and names of successful guesserswi'i be sent to everybody who sends two penny stamps and envelope, and not ' otherwise. F. M. Clements, Newtown, Sydney.