FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2241, 15 August 1891, Page 4

FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.

An ordinary Walker's whisky bottle has\ beerf ;: completely ! filled 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, Newtownj, '" Sydney; No living soul knoivs' how manypills'the bottle cmtains. .We agree to divide ;£SO (fifty pounds) in prizes for the nearest guesses as to the number ef pills contained in the bottle as follows:—• One present of '£2s forthe nearest guess „' '„ ' „ £lO for next nearest guess '• ..„ „ „£5 for next nearest guess „ ; „ „£4 . for next nearest guess-: '„ „ „£3 for next nearest guess „". „ „£2 for next nearest guess ',, ,;• „£1 for next'nearest'guess Conditions :—We riiake no charge for the guess,, but only purchases of Dr Fletcher's Bilious and Liver Pills are .eligible to compete, and the guess must,be written on, one of our Sprinted fornis/pne of which is wrapped around every shilling box leaving ; our laboratory after this date. In case two or more persons guess the correct number, the one first to hand will get the is2s and the next guess to hand gets the £lo' and so on. In case nobody guesses the correct number, the, nearest guess gdts the first present of '£2s.' Fletcher's pills are sold at one shilling per box everywhere! by chemists, storekeepers and patent medicine .y.endors, or we will send a box with guess, form for 13 penny stamps of any coloriyv • All 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 ottceto thelucky 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 decisiou. [CERTIFICATE.] 22-6-91 We have this "day seen a Walker's whiskey 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. Goddard, Manager. Ernest Lyons, Accountant. Commercial Bank, Newton, Sydney.' We cannot enter into' correspondencie ' about this competition, unless stairips for reply and addressed' envelopes are sent each time. Results arid;names of successful guessers will 'be sent to everybody who sends ' two penny stamps and' addressed envelope, and not otherwise. I F. M. Clements, Newton, Sydney. v !