brand name 'White Flyer,' and an extensive advertising programme stated: "We claim to make targets that are perfect trappers and perfect breakers." Western ammu- nition had already made the grade in Canada, but White Flyer' targets would have a tougher road.

Along with traps, the Club also required clay targets, and, following more price quotations, 10 barrels, or 5000 targets, were purchased directly from Nelson Long in Hamilton, Ontario, for twenty four dollars. It is interesting to note that the freight costs in 1912 on these ten barrels amounted to fourteen dollars, which is almost 60% of the cost of the targets themselves. Today, if we pay 10-15% for freight we consider it excessive. Another point on this transaction that may be of interest is that the cheque issued by the Club to cover the freight charges, and drawn on the Bank of Nova Scotia in Charlottetown, is made payable to simply, "Freight on Birds, Hamilton," and cashed by the Receiver General of Canada with the endorsement of an officer of the P.E.I. Railway--indicating that, at this stage in time, the railway on Prince Edward Island was operated directly by the Federal Government in Ottawa.

The Club continued to use 'Canadian Blackbird' targets in preference to the internationally renowned "Blue Rocks,' which were readily available, and more popular, in other parts of the Maritime Provinces, especially in the Halifax and Saint John areas, where major hardware distributors imported them. Costs as far as we can understand were not that different, and "Blue Rocks' certainly had the world-wide reputation. But there is some evidence that the Newstead Gun Club “ was more in favor of supporting Canadian products and made a continuous effort to purchase, whenever possible, Nelson Long's reliable targets.

The annual meeting was held on October 19th, and in the absence of both President Hyndman and Vice- President Heartz, Ted Coombs was approved to take the chair. Fred Hyndman had not been well and Frank

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