FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3969, 21 November 1891, Page 2

FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.

An ordinary Walker's whisky bottle has been completely filled with Dr Fletcher's Pills, securely corked with a eorkone imh into the neck and sealed and placed in the charge of the Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. No living soul knows how many pills the bottle contains. We agree to divide £'oo (fifty pouuda) in prizes for the nearest guesses as to the number of pilte con- , ained in the bottle as follows ; ' One present of £25 for the nearest guChS „ „ „ £lO for the next nearest guess j ~ ~ „£5 for the next nearest guess „ „ „£i for the next nearest guess „ ~ „£3 for the next nearest guess „ ~ „£2 for the next nearest guess „ „ ~£l for the next neatest guess Conditions :—We make no charge for the guess, bnt only purchasers of Dr. Fletchers Bilious and Liver Pills are eligible to compete and the guess must be written on one of our printed forms, one of which is wrapped around evury I shilling box leaving our laboratory after thii 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 hand gets the £lO and so on. In case nobody guesses the correct number the nearest guess gets tho first { present of £25. Fletcher's pills are Bold i at one shilling per box everywhere by chemHs, stoiekeepers and patent medi- I cine vendors, or we will send a box with f fcuoss form for 13 penny stamps of -any colony. ■ All guesses will be entered in t. book mid nu.Tihcred aB received. The bottle • will be opened on January Ist, 1892, and \ the presents sent cut at <mco to the lucky 1 1

guesser". This competition is a perfectly bona tide affair and arranged for tho purpose of introducing; Dr. Fleteher's Tills, si there can be no appeal from our decision. [CERTIFICATE ] 22-6 01. We hare this jay seen a Walker's whiskey bottle filled with Dr Fletcher's Pills and securely corked and sealed. Ho one knows how many there are in the bottle, which is now secure in our safe until January Ist, 1892. W. H. Oodpaud, Manager ICbnest Lyons, Accountaut. Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney, We cannot enter into correspondence nbout this eompe'uon. unless stamps for reply and addressed onvelopes are sent iachtime. Results and names of sue josßful "iieflsers will be sent to tvoiyboly nrho sends two penny stamps and a'self iddressed envelope, and not otherwise.F VI. CltunenU, Ntwluwn, Sydney.