Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 November 1891, Page 3

Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

An ordinary Wa ker's whisky bottle has been completely ft led with Dr Fletcher's Tills, securely corked with a cork one inch into the neck and sealed and placed in the charge of the Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. JYo llmmj xoul known how many pill* the bottle cont'uiiix. We agree to divide £50 (fifty pounds) in prizes for the nearest guesses as to the number of ulls contained in the bottle as fol ows :— One present of £'2;> for the nearest guess. , „ „ £10 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£5 for the next nearest guesß „ „ „£4 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£3 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£2 for the next nearest gues • M „ „£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 com" pete 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 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 number, the nearest guess tets first present of £25. Fletcher's pi Is 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 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 purpos of int oducing Dr Fletcher'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 safe untl January Ist, 1892. W.H. Goddard, Manager, Ernest Lyons, a ccountant. Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. We cannot ente- into correspondence about the compet tion, unless stamps for reply and addressed envelopes are sent each time. Results and names of successful guessers will be sent to everybody who sends two penny stamps and addressed envelope, and not otherwise. F. M. Clements, Newtown, Sydney.