Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

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Application for Agencies are invited. -TO.BC G IYL-V W.4 r, Among those taking part in our FREE OASH- PRIZE COMPETITION. NO ENTRANCE FEE WHATEVER. lstpp,IZE *,so. 2nd PRIZE 925 3rd PRIZE £ 15. 4th PRIZE £10. These money Prizes will be genuinely given away as an adver- tisement, among the Competitors who can re-arrange the following 22 letters to represent the names of four well-known wild animals, selected by us. viz :— wild animals, selected by us. viz :— NfOL GERlT EPTNAHEL ABREZ. Send in your solutions at once, upon receipt of which we will inform you if correct, and give you full details of the Compe. tition, with conditions, and date of closing. If you cannot solve all four names, do as many aa you can, as there are four prizes to compete for. No solution can be received after 12th April 1899. Address:—44 Competition Manage!1. 214. H«rasey Road, LONDON. THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. E P P S" S GRATEFUL—COMPORTING. COCOA BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. J95 TO £ 600. 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Best London made, Three-Qnarter Plate English Lever, Larsre, Chronometer Balance, Jewelled in Rubies, Strong Keyless Action. An Exact Timekeeper, and better value than any Keyless Watch sold for 210. Price Z6, in Extra Strength, Sterling Silver, Crystal Glass Cases. gENSORS ENGAGEMENT RINGS, in Half. Hoop, Marquise, Gipsey and all other designs, set with Brilliants, Rubies, Emeralds, Pearls, Sap- nVlVTAfl Onnla Tn^in^ioa Jtw/* Arn "n nlain ,1A1 V" v. "I,. "1 u.vJ.'Ç1, 'AI" \oN" VA .I. .J.QoAU IS'I. ALL WATCHES AND JEWELLERY sent post free, and at my risk, to all parts of the World on receipt of Draft, Cash, or P.O.O., payable at 0;P O. CEND FOR BENSON'S BOOK of WATCHES from £ 2 2a. to £ 600. CLOCKS, CHAINS, ENGAGEMENT RINGS, BROOCHES, PLATE, &c., Ac. Sent post free on application to JW « WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER TO • UJ24A10VA1, E.M. THE QUEEN and ROYAL FAMILY. Steam Factory: 62 Sa 64, I-XJOG-RTE HILL, And 28, ROYAL EXHANGE, E.G.. and 25, OLD BOND STREET, W., LONDON, WATCH, Ac., QLUB&.—Application? for agencies Invited, Easy system, no rifle. A. EARL, CROSS STREET, HOLYWELL, Ladies, Gentlemen and Children's Outfitter, BEGS TO INVITE INSPECTION OF HIS STOCK OF N H W & Q, O U H FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER RAGGETT'S NOURISHING STOUT GEORGE RAGGETT AND SONS, LONDON. 0:- 0 This Stout is recommended by the majority of the Medical Profession throughout the kingdom, as well as by many Continental Physicians, as the finest procurable, and its supply to Her Majasty the Queen is in itself eminent testimony of its quality* -:0:- RAGGETT'S NOURISHING STOUT AS SUPPLIED TO HER MAJESTY THE QUIEIT. Its reputation has been maintained by a due regard to Quality, which is coufidi-red of greater benefit to the consumer than the use of inferior goods at a less cflt.1 :0: IMITATION OF TRADE TITLE. The Public are cautioned that the word "NOURISHING" is being used on the Labels of cheap Bottled Beers of very low quality. To guard against the fraud that is intended, it is absolutely necessary to see that the "POiyl AGE STAMP"—TRADE MARK, in red, appears upon every Label, as well as the signature. :0: Extract from a letter from the Purveyors to Her Majesty the Queen, Balmoral, "Her Majesty the Queen wishes for RAGGETT'S NOURISHING STOUT; maygwe ask you to leD us a Case by Steamer leaving London for Aberdeen on Wednesday next." .0: Sole Consignee8 and Bottling Agents for FLINTSHIBE AND^DEhBIOHSHIRE— BIRD AND SON, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, PANTASAPH, Near HOLYWELL, N.W. :0:- Raggett's flourishing Stont and Golden Hop Pan, Ale. HALF-PINTS 2s. 6d. PO DOZEN. :0:- )V.B -Deliveries by Carl within 6 miles, and Carriageoj 6 dozen Cdse, Paid by Rail A ,irandi^ £ 10,000 IN FULLY PAID-UP SHARES. -:0:- WE now think we hare got threa problems whioh will prove so diffioalt that few, if any, will be able to solve even one of thetn. We off^r £ 10,000 in fully paid Shares of our Company (which pjid 10% per annum for last financial year, which have been mentioned in eerersl financial paperi as being of the market value of 27, 61. each, and which one of our Shareholders, who values them highly [at £ 12,500] has offered for this purpose), to those who solve the following:— 1. From 45 take 45 and leave 45, 2. If 250,000 people answer this advertisement, and only one gets all the problems correct, what will be our profit, sup- posing that we make 2d. each on the first orders, and an average of is. 6d. on future custom from each, and reckoning the io,ooo Shares as if they cost ^12,500. 3. Take the number of permutations in an alphabet of 21 letters, add the exact number of drops in the Atlantic Ocean, divide by 8, add 8, multiply by 4, substract half the number of drops in the Atlantic, and give the result. -:0:- CAREFULLY OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:— 1. jB5,000 Shares are reserved for him or her who gets all the problems oorrejt; should no one succeed, they will not be given at all; should more than one succeed, they will b3 equally divided. 2. -12,500 Shares will be given to him or her who solves two only, and, in case of ties will be divided. 3.— £ 2,600 Shares will ba given to him or her who solves only one, but, a3 a number will doubt less succeed in doing this, they will, in that ca*e, be divided a nong them equally. 4.—"First come first served," but the competition finally closes on Maroh 31st next, on whioh date the names of the suocessful will be published, together with correct answe s, and sent to eaoh. For eaoh solution, a Watoh from oar Gold Medal Catalogue mu*fc then be purchased, and will be sent with the Shares. No alteration to any answer oaa be accepted. 5.—Eaoh aaswer must be accompanied by an order for half-a-dozen English Niokel A able Forki (4s. 3d.) or ANYT*«N^ELSA of tbe SAME or greater value from our Wholesale PRIZE Catalogue (for abroad add Is. FD.MAGE). Eaoh competitor may sand AI many ANSWER* a* be one must be accompanied by an order for foods. Eich answer will rank by TKOUGN seat in by a different person. If preferred, goads can be examined first either at our Showrooms, or 011 approbation. 6.—Any newspaper whioh print-t a solution of the abova before Marob 31st next, will be e.igible to participate without making the first purchase, provided a marked oopy i« aen* us a4 80 >Q Published j bat even if one of them should find tbe right answer to one of the Pr° J '^8' we not ba expeo ed to inform them of it till Maroh 31st. Also former customers may send the aas were otoeeaoh without an order. 7.—We reserve the option to pay £ 12,500 in cash, instead ot giving the Shares, as, should this competition bring more business to the Company, tbe value of the Shares will be inoreased. 8.—Any question arising must be referred to the BJarJ of Directors, whose de.-ision on all matters will be final. —:o:— ADDRESS- THE WATCHMAKERS' ALLIANCE, LTD., 184, OXFORD STREET, LONDON. Ptid-up Capital and Reserves, £ 87,500.