FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.
An ordinaly "Wa'ker's wlrsky bottle has been' completely filled with Dr Fletcher's Pills, becurely corked with a eorkone in ?h into the neck and sealed and pieced in the charge of the Commercial Bark, Newtown, Sydney. No I'vlng soul knotos how many pills tlie bottle contains- We agree to d'vide £SO (fifty pouuds)'in pr'zes for the nearest guesses ac'to the number of pills contained *n the bottle as follows ; One present of £25 for the nearest guess ~ „,, £IQ for the nest nearest guegs ,; ~ ,', £5 for the nest heavesi guess „ ~ „£4 for the next nearest guess „ ~ „£3 for the nest nearest guess „ ~ „ .£2 for the nest nearest guess „ „ „£1 for the pest neai est guess Conditions :—We make no charge for the guess, but only purchasers of Dr. Fletcliei-s Di'iom and Liver Pills are eligible 10 conpete am". t ? ie guess must be written on one of our piloted forms, ore of whioh is wr.-pped around every sh'llinj box leaving our laboratoiy after this dcte. In case two or more persona j,uess the correct number the one first to hand w : Il get the £25 aud the next guess to hand getsthe £lO and so on. In guesses the correct number the" ""nearest guess get* *«« to* present of £95. Fletcher's t > Us are Bold at one shilling per box eve;y where by chemist 3, 'stoiekeepere and patent mediciue vendois, or we vill send a box with gpess form for 13 penny stamps of any colony, A'l guesses will be entered in a book and nuivbered as received. The bottle will be opened on January Ist, 1892, and the pie->eatt sept out r.c once to the lucky gaesserf. Thts competition is a perfectly bona fide .• ff?.ir and arranged for the purpose of iufAoduoing Dv. Fletcher's Pill?, so there can lie no appeal fwrn our decision. '
[CERTIFICATE ] 22-691. We have thjs jay seen a Walker's whiskey bott'e with Dr Fletcher's P-pa rnd sscure'y coikeu ard serjed. No one knows how irany there are in the bottle, which is now secure ia our safe until January Ist, 1892. W. H. Gopdabd, Manager Kbnest Lyons, Accountant. Commerc a; - * Newtown, Sypney,
We cannot enter into correspondence about this couve'joa, uclesa "taillP ß * or reply and t-Jdrested envelopes are sent each time. Results and uanies of succe.v.f ul euessers w.!l be sent to everybt jy who bends two penny stamps and tddres id en> a'ope, and not otherwise. K. M. Cements, Newtown, Sydney.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3887, 15 August 1891, Page 2
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411FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3887, 15 August 1891, Page 2
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