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‘‘Twenly. people. gathered al.
the former. Northern “Heights
Ski Hill: sité in: Terrace, last. -.
Wednesday aflerncen for. an
kour . and: half ; long -demon-
stration sponsored by. Con-
; linental Explosives of Terrace.”
| “They represerited ; “such
‘ businesses as B.C. Hydro,. the
C.N.R., B.C. Tel. and, Pacific
2 Northern. Gas. : _
‘The ubject- on display was ~~

i  —Unairacks, 275 lbs. units Sof
aluminum polyester and rubber: °.

_ that will turn any’ four. wheel

> drive unit into-an .ailterrain
vehicle. eet
<The unils known as Unairacks~..

are manufactured’. by” .the-”>

a 6 hAmericun firnt, ; Imagineering
lndustries of San Fransisce,.
‘and are simply bolted onto Ibe’

zi WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1974

has’ four of the unils, the
Department of National
Dejense is casting a Keen eye in
(he Unatrack © direction and

“major vil companies involved in
: Arctic research are impressed.

Unalrack recently created quite
a slir at ‘a. demanstration, in
Vancouver's Cyrpus Bowl and
on the streets of Prince George

during” their recent Winler

Carnival. : .

'yhe potemial of these devices
isalmost unlimited. Although a
sar-of four is worth $5,000 thal.
price. is. considerably cheaper
that. 2 large- snow cruiser
oulfitted ta carry Iwo or more
niei;-.there use for emergency
vehicles, is their greatest
-drawing card.” Perhaps wilh
veliicles ; “Oulfilted —- with

Awheel hubs of any veltcle, then Unatraeks on hand the recent

away you go over deep snow, ..
smuskeg, mud. ur-loose sand...
= The demonstrations "at Lie
“Terrace” sile particularly,
“showed the’ versalility:.of “tha,”
3 Unalvacks, On Monday when

deaths at” Kilamaal

ragie::

> Willige’and, Port.Babine could
have been prevented.

Although the Unatracks won'l
Jiavé “iyo i whizzing along

““thrbugh tough driving con-

“ihe first part of the: tests: was" ditions, thoy du have you going.

halted: because “of (a break-
duwn of truck outfitted with the :
“Unatracks,: We truck “had °
elimbed the steep first ski bill .
with lite; trouble through ; the ©

During the, Terracc..tests the

‘vehicle reached speeds up. lo
ffieen ‘miles, an hour on &
surface where’ 10. olher. strec!
hicle could have gaone.. Their

wei heavy “snuw, °.Then on, abilityis also demonstraled by

Wednesday, us- the -!wenly.

looked. an,- il plowed jeagerly :.
through the hard, packed :snow

with, it's: tight. powdered °
duvering.. ee
“phe conversion ul: a - four
wheel dirve: to! an allierrain

. vehicle took “the local’: crew”

- othirty-twa - minutes, : using "a

* fuist in a. Terrace : garage.

Explosives, (he  Unatrack .
7 Pepresenta tlves, © -figures”.thal :
wa, men,

: éonvert.afour wheel drive in a.

Hele under one hour.

ek devices, ‘only:
duced: i

- Slacey Maris. of, Continental -

. using jacks, could - ell:

. theéase al which they. ascended
Unutrac é

most ‘four wheel drives, with a
system of Manges adapting one
Unik 10 al) hubs.: ‘They increase
he minimuni ground clearance
if a four wheel drive vehicle by
an ‘average of nearly. twelve

-. inches while the pressure of the

“treads on the ground is not even,
swe: pounds. per. square... inch
when the vehicle is fully loaded.

ONE OF WHICH WILL MEET YOUR PARTICULA

. Saturday, February 9#h we will have an IN-STORE DEMONSTRATION

6

money now an

@ LAKE-LAKELSE AVE.

‘apt

tracting com: -

hich ‘are. in’ need“of | ouldoorsma: had le

and seeh

Unatrack unils . anyone Can
convert a highway driver four

“wheel drive toa vehicle which is
at home in mud, ep snd
muskeg or‘ loose. sand:

B. SUMMARY |

Following. °a_- marked
deterioration in labour market
conditions during November
provincial statistics _ for
December. indicate. slightly
larger than usual gains for both
labour force and employment,
The actual unemployment rate

remained unchanged at.6.2 per

>. Unatrack makes tracks for Terrace

Terrace resident wha were w
former Northern Heights Ski
Tuesday morning were, treated,

four wheel drive.

The trick wag used by Continenta
: Unatracks. those strange devices where the. whee
a nan ig

Didtrack will ur
- vehiel :

“THE ULTIMATE IN MODERN COOKING

AVE *20.00 |

onei ther model during our 3-day sale ;
: February 7th, 8th & 9th os

‘cent while the seasonally ad-
- justed rate edged up slightly.

Increased .activily in the
Christmas ‘retail trade sector
raised December 1973. em-

ployment:in British Columbia lo

941,000, rounding out. the year

with a record annual. em-.
playment gain of 58,000 jobs and
“6.6 percent. 0

andering around the vicinity of the
Hill last Monday afternoon and
to an odd sight, the above modified

Wheel drive vehicle into an allterrrain

Though unemployment

“ragistered wide fluctuations

during the year, an average
unemployment rate of 6.5 per

cent for 1973 represenicd more
than a full percenlage point

‘drop from the 7.6 per cetil rate

recorded in 1972.

“LABOUR, FORCE AND EM. .
~<EMPLOYMENT |. - a
-* The pattern of rapid labour’
force growth ‘normally
‘characterizing the British
-- Columbia: labour. markel
~ gontinued into 1979 to push the

provincial work force over the
ane million mark. -The labour

* force rose to 1,002,000 -for the

year, representing the addition:
pf 52,000 persons and a gain of
55 per cent. Growth rales for
the female work force continued
to exceed those for men.
Employment gains during the
year were concentrated in the

. goods producing industries,
notably manufacturing and _

Coulter Electric Ltd.
Residential, Commercial, industrial,
Electrical Contractor

1 Explosives to deomonsirate
Is should, be...

APPLIANCES BY -

' CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC
NORGE BRAUN SHARP wooos

construction.” - In -general em.
ployment slrength in the ser-”

vice indusities was confined 10 °°
Iransportation, communication.
‘and public administration;

seciors, - A: slower rate.al job.
formation was noted «in. the
trade, finance and communit,
business and: personal service:
industries, _

UNEMPLOYMENT

“In British ;Columbla. the: «
number of persons unemployed -
remained unchanged ‘al - 62,000 -
persons and 6.2 ‘per -cent in
December, substantially below." *: "7 23)
the level of one year aga ‘when ~ 4)

8.3 per cent of the. work. force
were Jobless. - are

On. a sedsonaily adjusted °°
basis the provincial unem=
ployment rate edged up slightly

from-6,0 per cent in November
- 406.2 per cent in December, bu!

for Canada remained un-_

changed al 5.6 per cnt..

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