merrace, B.C. Tanine! ORE PEOPLE QUIPMEN T! ore people buy Pinning used vipment! And ni | Il your Finning sales repre tative today! Finning — cre more: people buy used uipment! 7A Cot D7 fractor w/' a. zer, control, winch. - Under- uTiage 50%; pins and bushings ned; new sprocket rims; :, "and clutches overhauled, RTIFTED Sieg wat- D4 TRACTOR fnyd. dozer, control, winch. Feds running gear; . balat achine in very good condition. . seenesereeeee SIT200 @ 40A CAT D4 phyd. dozer, control, backhoe; meerator crankcase, long rock ;, direct electric . start, pa throughout, CERTIFIED , aedgy warranty, Terrace, -B093 $14,900 : EIMCO 105 LOADER w/8l diesel, Hechanic’s Special!” Fair Buy, bIson, ET-8643 $2,100 JAN 154 w/2yd. bucket, cab. achine in good operating con. tion, Tires 50-35%. Fair Buy, rrace. FT-8482 ....... $9,400 FORDSON POWER MAJOR 2 backhce buckets, %-yd. wader, angle snow plow. Mach-| i ne operates satsifactorily. Fuir a derrace, AT NO. 112 RADER w/scarifier, cab. ens. gan th overhauled; mavalves groun 5 recapped, CERTIFIED B a eeranty, Neon per T-6464 500 FINNING. TRACTOR Your Caterpillar Dealer’ 4621 Kelth Avenue Phone 843-2236 pe terpillar and Cat are Registered Trademarks = 8 86grocery = SOUTH KALUM STREET Open 10:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. Daily . Phone 843-6180 | et? “TRACTOR | Hae MOTOR | Masterpieces of Art | Shipped From Terrace Sixteen pieces of -exquisite antique furniture, valued at $35, 000, were shipped from Terrace on July 21 to Vancouver enroute ‘to England to be placed in the British Museum, -- NN IN THE - FAMILY for over 300 years this oak Flemish eredece with Norman panelling is ap- proximately four hundred years old. It was originally used for the Bishop’s sacramental wine and is ‘believed to be the only, piece of furniture Shakespeare ever possessed. On top of the elaborate sideboard is an Italian pottery vase and on the bottom shelf ashtrays of Quimper French native pottery). CARVED FIGURES on the sides of this Flemish wine cabinet are ‘holding wind instruments, fore- runners of the Scottish tbag- pipes.-In the cabinet are pieces of Indian pottery stamped Royal Crown Willow, and made by A, Boa in India, ‘They were the property of Mra. Alsthea Cox of Highway 16, Ter- race, who has presented them. as. a gift to the museum. These maz- terpleces of craftsmanship had been dedicated by her for that purpose some years. ago. She felt in this way they would be preserv- ed for a few more hundred years. The furniture had been in her ancestral home in England for generations, “T just died a little. when, Tt saw it go”, said Mrs, Cox, “I had grown ip with it, it, and s0 had my daugh- The furniture had been brought over from: England in 1946 - to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Five years ago when Mr, and Mrs. Cox mov: ed inte Villa ax-k’San on the banks of the Skeena’ River the furniture was placed in the charm: ing settling, © Villa ax-k’San is ‘aptly named, for in Tsimpsean Indian dialect it ; means “Little House on the Skeena River in the Land of De-| light”. tiques into Canada was not an |SECOND seCTION== TERRACE "“OMINECA” HERALD . Bringing these beautiful an-| Wednesday, August 17, 1966 REPRODUCTION OF A MONK'S stool used in monasteries, this. beautiful piece of furniture is believed to be. 180 years old. Such - “stools were also used in pubs. It is eldimed when an exercise man ‘was seen arriving, the owner of the pub would disappear under the lid and his wife would sit on the seat with her skirts spread out. easy matter. It took eight months | fae before the London Board of Trade would give permission for the furniture to be taken out of Eng- land. This. was due to the War Restrictions Act. Herman van der Hende of 2510 Kalum, an expert in restoring an- tiques, did a little touching up before the experienced packers from Edmonton and Prince Rup- ert, commissioned by the curate, i crated these centuries-old pieces of furniture for their j journey back | | across the sea, | Mrs, Cox, always a gracious hos- tess In her lovely villa is selling 7 her home to spend some time] @& ion . DATING BACK TO THE 16TH CENTURY this Stuart period dining room suite is upholstered in blue velvet, -The beautifully. carved — travelling. . Accompanied, by. her. husband she will make er first destina- tion Zambla, Africa, where she will visit her daughter and son-in- | law. Palestine and Italy are among the countries she plans to tour before settling down in Florida. Something of the charm and beauty of a number of these museum pieces is shown in the staff photos, —— Effects of speed on gas mileage g are reported by the B.C, Auto- mobile Association on. the basis of. extensive tests of a 4,175:pound, eight-cylinder sedan with automa, tie transmission. Gas mileage by speeds are as follows: 40.9 miles a gallon at 8 mph, 20.7 miles a gallon at 35 m.p.h., and 13.4 miles ja gallon at 80 m.p.h. This advertisament is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board ar by the Government of Grilish Columbia, ‘chairs are sturdy as well as elegent. On the wall in the background isa Cruisader's sword, used by the men who fought in the Holy War. ' ELEMISH BUTLER'S STOOL, centred is a carved gargoyle, T The stool dee ae A EI aS Rg IM ct ee Aux S a presenting 3) was used by the butler toa place this liquor refreshments before | | GROWN AEFRETIONATELY TOHANY AB CARLING PIESENER BEER ~628b- RAT URINIG -