FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9493, 15 August 1891, Page 2

FIFTY POUNDS FOR A GUESS.

An ordinary Walker’s whiskey bottle has been completely filled with Dr Fletcher's Fills, securely corked with a cork one inch 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 £SO (fifty poundsj in prizes for the nearest guesses as to the number of “pills contained in the bottle as follows, One present of .£25 for 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 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, one 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 £26, and the next guess to hand gets the £lO and so on. In case nobody gaessee the correct number, the nearest guess gets the first present of £25. ' Fletcher’s pills 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 18 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 out at once to the lucky guessers. This competition is a perfectly hon& fide affair, and arranged for the purpose of introducing Dr Fletcher’s Pills, so there can be no appeal from our decision. [CERTIFICATE.] 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 lit, 1892. W. H. Goddard, Manager. Ernest Lyons, Accountant. Commercial Bank, Newtown, Sydney. We cannot enter into correspondence about this competition, unless stamps for reply and addressed envelopes are seat each time. Results and names of successful guessers will be sent to everybody who sends two penny stamps and addressed envelope, and not otherwise. F. Mi Clements, Newtown, Sydney