FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3911, 12 September 1891, Page 2

FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.

An ordinary Wa'ker's whisky bottle has been completely filled with Dr Fletcher's Pil's, securely corked with a eork ope ir?h intq the neck and sealed and placed in the charge of the Commercial Bank, Neiytown, Sydney. No living soul knowz how many pills the bottle contain*! We a?ree to d'.vide £'so (fifty pounds) in priges for the nearest guesses as to the number of pills contained in the bottle as follows j

One pi'eseut of £25 for the nearest guess „ „ „ £lO for the next nearest guess ~ ~ „£5 for the nest nearest guess „ „ „£4 for the next nearest guess „ ~ „£3 for the nest nearest guess „ ~ „£2 for the next nearest guess „ „ ~£l forthenex. neai est guess Conditions :—We make no charge for the guess, but only purchasers of Dr. Fletcher's Bilious and Liver Pills are eligible to compete and the guess must be written on one of our printed forms, vjne of which is wrapped around every shilling box leaving our laboratory after this drie! *ln case two or neore persons guess the correci number, the one first toThsnd will, get the £25 ard the next guess to hand get* the £lO and so on. In case nobody guesses correct number the nearest guess aet3 the first present of £25. Fletcher a pijls are sold at one shilling per box everywhere by chemists, stoiekeepers and patent medicine vendors, or we will send a box with guess form for 13 penny stamps of any colony. 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 cut ac once to the lucky guesser*. This competition is a perfectly bona fide affair and arranged for the purpose of introduoin'a; Dr. Fletcher's Pills, £o tfeere can be no appeal from our decision. [CERTJFIieATE.I 22-6-91. We have thjs 3ay seen a "Walker's whiskey bottle filled with Dr Fletcher's Pijls and securely corked and seajed. No one knows how many there are in the bottle, which is now'bog we in our safe until January Ist, 1892. W, H. Goddakd, Manager.

Ernest Lyons, Accountant. Commercial Bank, ' SfP.ney. We cannot enter jnfeo correspondence about this compeiion, unless stamps for renly 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, i"' M. Cements, Newtown, Sydney.