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* HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 23357,
30in. nitro barrels, rib engraved with scrollwork at the breech end, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and full choke, missing right extractor, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, carved fences, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside with a cartouche engraved 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR', retaining much original colour-hardening and finish, 13 7/8in. figured semi-pistolgrip stock (small chip to right underhorn), weight 6lb. 15oz., in its brass-cornered oak and leather case with accessories and internal protecting flap, the lid outer marked 'Z.A. LASH. TORONTO', with later marking '12 Guage' (sic)
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed as a '12-bore Royal hammerless AB ejector gun top lever top safety, 30" steel barrels, special rib, L full choke, R mod choke'. It was 'finished at factory' on the 15th September 1903 for 'Lash'.
Zebulon Aiton Lash (b.1846, d. 1920) was a lawyer, civil servant and businessman from Newfoundland, Canada.
A key figure in the Department of Justice, he joined the Department just at the time when the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments was being defined. Though a firm exponent of the idea of central government and federal power, he played a key role in enlarging the jurisdiction of provincial courts and brought a far more effective working relationship between the provincial and federal courts. He was also heavily involved in the development of the Prairie lands and establishing an appropriate system of land ownership (which avoided the problems experienced on the American frontier lands).
In 1882 he left the Department of Justice to join a firm of Lawyers in Toronto. With his experience and vast knowledge of the intricacies (and sometimes clashes) of and between federal and provincial laws, he became quickly recognised as the foremost Canadian corporation lawyer of his day.
As well as his work within the law firm, he served as a director of Bell Telephone, British America Assurance, Canada Life Assurance, National Trust, and Western Canada Flour Mills. In 1902 he become chief solicitor (and later Vice President) of the Canadian Northern Railway Company. This lead him to undertake the legal work for the reorganization of the Great North Western Telegraph Company of Canada, (using the facilities of the Canadian Northern and other railways) to compete with the Canadian Pacific Railway's telegraph system. In 1913 he became president of the telegraph company, (later to be absorbed by Canadian Northern in 1915). He was also a director, chief solicitor, and vice-president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce (the main financial backer of Canadian Northern).
Outside of business matters, he was a member and vice-chairman of the board of governors of the University of Toronto and served as a trustee of the Toronto General Hospital. He was a highly effective fund raiser for both of these, as well for the Young Men's Christian Association. He was a keen sportsman and fisherman and held a Directorship of the Fish and Game Protective Association.
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