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Will Go Almost Anywhere,

By DAVID SCOTT TORONTO (CP)—A Canadian- - ear that goes anywhere land or water wil) start roiling off the assambly line in several months and its inventor gays enough orders for the ve- hicle have already been placed to keep the plant working for

many months light-weight,

The almost in- destructible Jiger

(pronounced

a combination bath- |

er) tub, bulldozer and haby

car-

has a light, sturdy shell ‘of fibreglass and its six rubper air bags, or wheels, are

powered by two chain - saw engines |

The car is equally at home in dense bush, swamps, lakes,

sand, snow, iee, rocxs and on rolling gravel.

“You just steer it around the major obstacles and go over the other ones, says 43-yvear-ola John Gower who has been work- ing on the idea for 11 years.

EASY TO OPERATE

wanted to build something

that could be used under any conditions and yet something that would be mechanically

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simple and easy to operate

The Jigar is simplicity itself. One control stick in the middie of the double seat operates the two gear ranges, the twin pro- pellers and the steering.

The mobile midget weighs 200 pounds, fits into the back of a standard - sized station wagon and has a 300-mile range from the seven-gallon gas tank

The six low - pressure tires help provide stability in water but there’s a double safeguard. If the hull is punctured the tires have enough buoyancy to keep the Jiger afloat. If all the tires go flat the hull alone would keep it aabove water

The Jiger won't swamp be- eause it is short and bobs over the waves like a cork, the

inventor says, and it won't tip ever because its centre of gravity is at the bottom.

U.S. INTERESTED Mr. Gower says the Jiger will be of use to fishermen, hunters,

skiers, prospectors, telephone linemen, trappers, farmers, miners, civil defence workers,

fire fighters and others working outdoors. When equipped with a fibreglass roof and side curtains ft would be able to operate in the north in cold weather.

He added that the Canadian and U.S. governments have been looking over the invention and that the U.S. defence de- partment was placing an order he described as “‘staaggering.”

Some Cnadian government departments have already

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two chain-saw engines and twin propellers. Steering is from a control stick in the middle of double seats.

(CP Photo)

GOING INTO PRODUCTION , tires,

in Toronto soon is this light weight amphibious car called a Jiger. Weighing 200 pounds, it has a fibreglass shell, six

112 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Tues.,

Light Canadian-Made Car expansion Continues In ‘62

But Pace Somewhat Leisurely

By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Business Editor The first quarter of 1962 ends

with expansion still under way, but at a rate that probably is a disappointment to many. Others, however, are pleased that it hasn't developed into a boom and feel that if the ad-

at its present poses little inflationary threat

Competitive conditions are acting as a brake on prices, but causing some worry aboilt pro- fit margins.

Developments of the last week continue to indicate un- derlying support and faith the economy.

Automobile production contin- ues to grow, with 127,004 units produced to date compared with 103,112 in the correspond- ing period last year, despite a six-week strike at Chrysler of Canada.

placed orders and others such The Jiger can haul 500 pounds as northern affairs and natural over any terrain, ‘‘and that’s resources were said to be inter- plenty for two people and all ested the gear they can stow in it,” The Jiger travels across rough says Gower. ground at speeds up to 30 miles The machine was being built an hour and moves through in Gower’s mind about 11 years water at 8 m.p.h. If one engine ago when he was working as a fails the other will give the timber cutter in northern Al- | + same performance though less berta. Every morning he had speed. to trudge about five miles to his | The steering operates on the work, and the same distance |

home every night.

After six years of paper work in his spare time, Gower thought he had the answer. He spent four years manufacturing the first prototype, and more than a year perfecting the pres- ent model which has since been

track principle with each engine turning three wheels a side. By turning the T-bar of the control stick, one engine accelgrates while the other slows Uown, turning the Jiger to either side. CAN DRIVE STANDING

Thumb-operated brakes con-

nected to each clutch increase exhibited at outdoors shows the turning effect when quick across Canada.

manoeuvring is necessary. With The federal government is the one control. the driver can underwriting the expenses of stand while driving to look sponsoring the Jiger at the ahead over bushes or other World’s Fair in _ Seattle this obstacles. year.

Alps Tunnel iicaletliaiaill Scheduled For This Week

BENNET BOLTON

MILAN, Italy (AP) — This Thursday, Italian and Swiss workmen deep in the bowels of the Mont Blanc chain are to amash from opposite sides to open the first highway tunnel under ye a

ajestic Alps stand acide to shoulder in a forma- tion that curves 400 miles along the frontiers of France, Italy. Switzerland and Austriaan icy barrier dividing northern an southern Europe.

Its most insurmountable iss the Mont Blane chain, miles northwest of Milan where Italy touches France and Switz- erland. The central Massif looms three miles upward

All Europe will be watching by television hook-up when Ital- Jans and Swiss step through the breach to embrace each other fn the Grand St. Bernard Tun-

el

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wall

By the end of next year, cars and trucks will roar through the 3.7-mile tunnel hetween S

Rhemy, Italy. and Bourg St. Pierre, Switzerland. Twelve miles west of St.

Rhemy, other workers are biting foot by foot into the last mile of a second motor tunnel. This is the 7.2-mile Mont Blanc tunnel linking Courmayeur, Italy with Chamonix, France. It also will open late in 1963 after four years of human toil through cave-ins, water leaks and soft-rock slides.

Four railway tunnels have been handling the traffic load for years. Cars and trucks fast- ened on flat cars are carried pigsyback under the mountains, an expensive and cumbersome

@peration. he

- Steel Dispute

Every thousand feet along the roadways drivers will find park- ing snack bars, tele-

Many see the highway tunnels as a move toward a united Eu-

rope. Everyone talks of the role areas, they will play in speeding the) phones, wash rooms and serv- flow of goods in the expanding ice stations.

European Common Market. SNOW HITS VALLEYS

Full Appraisal

Highways now snake through alpine valleys at an average , level of 6,500 feet. Snow and ice Asked On Ro e block them every winter, clos- : ing all but five roads at the Of Churchill extremites of the Alps. Highway |

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. (CP)

transport must detour hundreds Agriculture Minister I. C. Nollet

of miles down to the Riviera hm

of Saskatchewan suggested coast pete Se eee the a - here a “thorough and tac- PS eet aa aie a @'Y- tual’ appraisal of the role the

The new tunnels will defy the elements. Concrete buttresses will make approach roads ava-

northern port of Churchill could play in Canada’s economy. Addressing a meeting of the

lanche - proof. Devices in the! tudson Bay Route Association, pavement will make them he said the inquiry could be freeze-proof, made by a royal commission.

Mammoth chimneys and & Churchill is 600 miles north of

maze of air purification equip-

Winnipeg. ment are to suck exhaust fumes

f h j The physical handicaps that rom the tunnels Bh have beset the port and the Hudson Bay Railway in the

|early days have been overcome }and the potential of the harbor | is enormous, Mr. Nollet said. Export of commodities other than wheat should ? i ered, he added. Mineral exports ican steel negotiators have had already started and it was announced terms of a possible that potash from cen- new two-year labor agreement tral Saskatchewan would find its that was immediately hailed by way to international markets President Kennedy as fulfilling over the northern route. his appeal for an early and re- There should be no conflict sponsible settlement. between eastern and western The pact waived any imme- Canada over development of the diate wage increaase but pro- port, he said. vided a broad array of contract Earlier, William Riddel, changes including new vacation ne of the Canadian wees and retirement provisions boar 200 convention dele-

Settled In U.S.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Amer-

aimed at sharing work time in gates. Th at wheat e an industry hard-hit by unem- through Churchill would be in- ployment. creased this year.

The four-

1 Stripped for action

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lof the basic parts of the car,

in

wheel locking hubs convert it in seconds to conventional two-wheel drive for highway travel.

4-way conversion gives Scout unique versatility

Talk about versatile! It’s like getting four vehicles for the price of one! The safe, sturdy standard steel cab is easily and quickly removed in one taken off and windshield lowered as required,

Apr. 8, 1962.) Hona! satance

"evador

| 1961 was sen “sl when military leaders and the against Communism” uge figure, powerful democratic front! called for a constitutional break ‘an mi and “Saas ne less | Break demanded of rela-|in diplomatic relations with tha: tions. Cuba. and Br The informed the Arosemena President wor business failures dropped ith C ba’ Cuban ambassador here of the|last November and f te ia3 in February from 215 a ! U night coalition after Jose

after

ties were leftist President Julio Arose-| Maria Velasco “barra resigned General Motors of Comen ex- $3,000,000. Most of the decrease) GUAYAQUIL (Reuters)—The| abandoned his |in the wake of riots in whict pects to ship more 609 came in Quebec | Ecuadorian government has de a plebiscite to decide| 27 persons died. Arosemena han ears and trucks to Chile in the! Communist China ordered 39,-| cided te break diplomatic rela-| whether the break should be been vice-president under ‘Vel next three months and says the | 999,000 yatoals of wheat worth tions with pro-Communist Cuba. | made. ' pr ler Vel order represents a completely) to boost to 108,000,-| The decision was viewed nere| Military leaders’ demande ow anne.

the — led to

$75,000 new and possibly expanding | 999° ee her pure! i he Saedbeban- ak the 2 market in South America and) ger a long-term i aoe si yg oes 3 k

| ments and versatility of use. cabinet. ‘There were widespread PM As Ss In the competitive automobile | 4nti-Cuban rations

hat the new countries of Africa. contemplates a total sale . ntenance field, Imperial Oi1| the country and pro - Cubes Cl mat ” r| Stoned the American Embasay | emency

r ago. Dollar liabili

Shipments are in the form of | 186 700,000 bushels of wheat and | “export packages,” consisting | 46,700,000 bushels of barley. | Cooper-Widman Lid., Vancou / Ltd. has established a re

which are assembled at the yer umber company, announces pai! hi Frid entre in Toronto to take care|here Friday night. destination and parts of local that it will start construction - mafor repairs that individual; The Democratic Front, made) OTTAWA (CP)—Prime Minis. manufacture added. wens spring we $7,000,000. stations may not be equipped|UP of the Liberal and Socialist | ter Diefenbaker has addienees ‘ . sen raft pulp mill in the Prince) f th ives. parties and independent groups, RETAIL TRADE HIGHER | Geo eorge, B.C., area. The com “| to take care of themselves pe i Bie yay ver ~teally a@ public appeal to the Cubar

Du Pont of Canada Ltd. is) bara the government | velop into a 000,000 plant. It} pore, Se pepene edi Dui nt until the breach was a fact. will use sawdust: wante, | water” for nuclear power reae-| RESIGN FRIDAY Quebec had the) TO MAKE NEW ORDER | tors. The company emphasiezd,| Arosemana announced Friday | "percentage increase at! From Washington comes word | however, that the study is at| acceptance of the resignations | in “an extremely early stage.” It|of the social welfare, develop- | fate of the prisoners, I

Retail trade in January, as compiled by the bureau of sta- . is estimated at

government asking that clemen-

cy be shown towards nearly

1200 ap sete prisioners now on vana.

pany said it will ultimately “i

meg view of the widespread concern Canada about

j that the United States Army express Salaries, wages and supple-| plans this oo year to buy ai/ said the cost of the pliant, if} ment and interior ministers and|the hope that clemency mentary labor income in Jan- least 48 more Cariboo aircraft | built, probably would be around) said he would ask the people f0| be exercised and that there will

uary totalled $1,566,000,000, up| from de Havilland Aircraft Ltd., 6.7 per cent from January last rans So far the U.S. army year. s bought 130 oieen noted | Canada’s adverse interna- re its short-take off require-

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INTERNATIONAL unveils Canada’s sensational new -wheel drive ‘SCOUT’

Traction, power and versatility make Scout ideal for many jobs

The new 4-cylinder International | out the weather, while the really Scout is a totally new kind of | effective heater keeps passenger® vehicle. It’s comfortable, attrac- | cosy in any weather, tive and fun to drive. Yet it ’s| It has a practical 5-foot box the toughest little four wheel | to earn its keep by hauling man~ drive work horse ever built. | sized loads. Special equipment) The Scout can go anywhere. like a winch, snowplow, or It can plow through wet, sticky | power take-off makes it the per= axle-deep mud. It can splash fect all-round workhorse for across creeks and climb steep contractors, utilities, farmers} hills with ease. And with its and service station operato: short 100inch wheelbaseit’seven | It’s the greatest vehicle for holi- easier to drive than most cars. day fun too, Campers, fishermem Carefully calibrated springs | and hunters can take the 4-wheell andshockabsorberssoakupthe drive Scout to unspoiled wilder« bumps—even after you leave the , ness spots they could never reacky iroad behind, The comfortable | in a car. |full’ width seat has plenty of | The Scout is the most versatile room for three, | vehicle ever designed. It converts Interior trim is neat and | quickly into four different kinds stylish—instrument grouping | of units, to do a hundr easy to read. Doors open a full | one different jobs, 39 inches. Fitted steel doors seal

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drive Scout has the power and brawn to go anywhere. Optional front whee

Or \if you prefer, there’s the full length all-steel travel top, for all-weather protection of loads and riders. You will find so many uses for - Scout because it does so many jobs so well.

piece. Doors can be

6p Doors on— windshield up

Sfeel-bodied station wagon

3 Herdtep pike “ ; (standard equipment) scnek:to tea tonghsst job @ ein the Scout

Truck-tough components for tough Canadian conditions

Contractors can and use it for hauling materials and men.

First eae in Saas Synchromesh transmission as- and brawn.

The truck type, 4-cylinder 93.4 hp. engine gives an excel- lent power-to-weight ratio and welcome fuel economy too. Box- section side rails with two box and two channel crossmembers

on rough terrain. Whatever the job—plowing snow, blazing trails or door-to-door

—the 4-wheel drive Scout has the enduring quality to do it better, longer and at lower cost.

will find the Scout ideal for service calls

Service Stations and plowing. Attractive styling will bane sation prestige. v

Strength. Special extra heavy; This. cutaway shows the over- duty axles are used to conquer | size 4-cylinder engine that gives ian i t

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Parts and service will never be a problem with Scout owners. They are built in Canada at

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