to private parties and had the reputation of being one 
     
     of the better places to dine in Charlottetown. The 
     
     building is still identifiable today by the name, 
     
     Blake House, over the doorway. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ammunition, used for all Newstead Club competi- 
     
     tions, was the responsibility of each member, and was 
     
     available at a number of outlets in the city. The 
     
     primary source of course were the hardware stores who 
     
     supplied the bulk of shooting and fishing supplies, 
     
     and could always be counted on to have a good stock on 
     
     hand. The most popular shotshells, in this area at 
     
     the time, were Dominion brand, which were manufactured 
     
     by the Dominion Cartridge Company, although we have 
     
     found some Newstead shooting results written on the 
     
     top panel of an ammunition box called, Crown. A new 
     
     American brand of shotgun shells, Liberty, was 
     
     Starting to make serious inroads into the Canadian 
     
     market, and they too were in evidence at the local 
     
     club shoots. The price of shotshells at both Rogers 
     
     Hardware and Fennell & Chandler was .59 for a box of 
     
     twenty five. Shotshells were available in most 
     
     popular sizes. In 'dropped' shot, you could purchase 
     
     anything from the course #1, ideally used for Canada 
     
     geese, in even sizes through to #10, which gunners 
     
     called, 'dust,' and was used very sparingly in a small 
     
     variety of shotgun applications. For clay target 
     
     shooting almost all participants used the harder, 
     
     'chilled,' shot, which gave an excellent shot range 
     
     pattern, and was available only in #7 1/2, which was 
     
     internationally accepted as the best size for the 
     
     challenge of a fast moving target on a 14-yard rise. 
     
     Boxes and cases of shotshells have not changed over 
     
     the years and then, as now, twenty-five shells made a 
     
     standard box, and twenty boxes, a case. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Again in March, at the urging of other clubs 
     
     across Northumberland Strait, the Newstead Gun Club 
     
     pondered joining the new Maritime Association. 
     
     Discussions dominated a number of Newstead meetings, 
     
     with most members very firm in their opinions--both 
     
     for and against. The main negative attitudes centered 
     
    
   
   
    
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