Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 5 December 1891, Page 3

Fifty Pounds for a Guess.

• JAn orri.jna.ry Wa ker's whisky bottle has been cd«4Bsly filled with Dr Fletcher's , Pills, serHroy corked with a cork one inoh into the neok and sealed and placed in the charge of the Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. Ko living, soul knows how many pill* the bottle contains. We agree to divide £50 (fifty pounds) ft prizeß for the neareßt guesses as to the number of bills contained in the bottle as fol ow3 :— 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 net nearest guess , | Condition* : — We make no charge for the guess, but only purchasers of I>r Fletcher's 4ms>Houb and Liver Pi Is are eligible to cora~ pete »n'l the gne?s mmt be written on one

oHiii- printed forms, one of which is Wrapped around every shi ling box leaving onr laborato y after this date. In rase two or more persons guess the correc 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 nunber, the nearest guess tets first present of £25. Fletcher'* 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 o? any colony. Al guesses will be entered in a bddk and numbered as received, The bottle wil be opened oh .tantlary Ist 1892, and the pi'teehts sent out at once to the lucky guesseis. This competition is a perfectly bona fide affair and arranged for the purpose 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 Until January Ist, 1892. W.H. Goddabd, Manager, Ernest Lyons, Accountant. Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. We cannot ente- into correspondence about the compet tion, unless stamps for rep'y and addressed envelopes are sent each time. Results and names of successful gUe'sserawill be sent to everybody who sends two penny stamps and addressed envelope, and not otherwise. F. M. Clements, Newtown, Sydney.