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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), November 10, 1971, p. 2

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En Airara We IS 1 Crackdown on industrial polluters wont solve Auroras sewage problem OWRC AURORA A cutback in industrial pollution is not the answer to overloading prob lems at Auroras sewage treat ment plant an Ontario Water Resources Commission official told The En last week And until the town improv es and expands its present sew age treatment faculties the OW ban on Aurora development will continue indefinitely said Ned Embree assistant district engineer Mr said in an int erview that OWRC disagrees with a private consultants re port tabled in Aurora Council last week which pointed to in dustrial pollution as the prime problem at the sewage plant The report prepared by Pollution Advisory Ser vices of said chemicals contained in effluent from Aluminum Company Leather and Sterling Drug Inter fere with the breakdown of raw sewage at the plant Aluminum discharged from represents the most seri ous problem the report stated Councillor Harris claimed that a council crack down on the three industries would provide more sewage cap acity Enforcement of a propos ed industrial waste bylaw might be the answer council decided We state definitely that its not the answer Mr Em It wont increase the hy draulic capacity at all and thats the problem The prime problem is flow Aurora has too much of Mr said OWRC had detected the presence of alu minum in its own testing but our engineers decided the alu minum was not as significant as Polluted apparently has Alcan were to complete ly eliminate its aluminum dis charge Auroras plant would still be overloaded with hydrau lic flow he claimed Theyve got a problem with their receiving stream Mr added Its very small and limited in the amount of treat- plant is per cent over capa city resulting in occasional by pass of raw sewage directly into The answer Bigger and bet ter treatment facilities Mr bree said Such a project could Until that happens will not lift lis ban on new deve lopment he said Aurora is now under edict limiting 1071 development to accommodation for persons In another interview Ma yor said he felt the building freeze could be lift ed by February or March has indicated it will release additional population growth once we know where we are going and once we decide if were going to enlarge the plant the mayor said He said town council will set up a meeting with town in dustries to discuss the propos ed industrial waste bylaw and possible ways of cutting back the contaminants now discharged from industries into the towns sewer system NEWMARKET Nwtnott from town J Councillor charged Smith a Main St merch age as 30 homes Shell to tike federal j tte rf public work to get the office clew- can build the car POLICE CHANGES Inspector William Hill the police chief of Newmarket prior to the formation of the York Regional Police will be transferred In midDec ember Inspector Hill will head the Georglna division He will be replaced In Newmarket by Inspector Robert Bobbins who now heads the Vaughan detachment Inspector Robbing was police chief of Richmond Hill before the amal gamation Inspector Tom Shields of Georglna will replace Robbins In Vaughan Inspector Hill will be leaving his Newmarket post shortly after marking years as a policeman in the The situation Is bad There are and leaves along the front Its being properly he said The Davis Dr crossing is being again by town enj Other studies have J been conducted but the high traffic j Install something This time said the A Ladies Orion Pile Duster 8 B Ladies Brushed NYLON GOWNS sr Beautiful paste nylon with dered yoke CHILDS CARDIGANS PULLOVERS CHILDS STRETCH NYLON NYLON JUMP SUIT AURORA SHOPPING CENTRE Store Hours am to 9 pm STRUT SOUTH AT MURRAY THURSDAY A FRIDAY TIL by the Aurora and Dist rict Historical Society room is one step closer York County Board of Education Monday castiron desks stored at Lloyd school for the pro ject The board also ag reed to turn over a stack of obsolete test- books to the society The board will take the books and desks to any site chosen by the society free of charge Any other itemB lur- while housecleaning will The mayor said the town has already com plained about it At least its going now Its just a little fast All you have to know is that fast and youre all right he laughed Ontario Lands and perls think Newmarket and Aurora should have hunting bylaws They point out the newly an nexed rural areas of the towns are still hunted for pheasant rabbits and fox Davis Dr and Parkslde Dr if installs an ap proved holding tank and makes a suitable contri- town engineer mended to planning com mittee last week A previous meeting told the car wash dls week to discuss the mat ter and Newmarket will send a delegation York Regional Pol ice will close their old station in Newmarkets town hall Dec If their new quarters on Pros pect St are ready by then Chief Bruce Craw ford informed town co uncil Monday to the his torical society In keeping with Its Regionwide jurisdiction the board decided to contact other historical societies in the county notably the Lake South Shore one to see if they needed To close Fridays for holidays AURORA Since Christmas Day and New Years Day on Sat urdays in the coming festive season employ ees of the York County Board of Education will receive Friday Dec and Friday Dec 31 as paid holidays day and that falls on a Sunday this year they will get Monday Dec off with pay Trustees veto censure motion AURORA A mo- mlts would be issued lion to censure the lots in question Township for a letter an- The only uses the Intention the school pro perties offered for sale as institutional was tur ned down by York Bo ard of Education a bid of on the at ferlaw which was reject by the board The in tendon was to turn school Into a public serving the east end of the township Newmarket trustee Jack who in troduced the motion to censure Georglna said the proposed was not In the best In terests of the taxpayers of the county The proposal means that no individual could buy an old in the township with the Intention of turning it into a home because no residential building per mitted under the reion lng would be for such purposes as community centres and libraries trustee Ted Johnson said that Re gional Councillor Bob Pollock who Is also chairman of the Geor gina Township The letter was sign ed by clerk Mrs E vlllc Mel ville and Hagerman at public auction Nov Tender bids for the school were previously turned by the bo under wraps by the bo- York Police recover loot in one of biggest cases AURORA York Regional Police have recovered stolen property valued between and 930000 following an arrest of a man here last Police at Aurora say the case one of the biggest theyve ever Investigated Four persona have been arrested and value of the property could reach when the investigation is complete police laid The Investigation began af ter Aurora Division Constable Doug a car last week for a minor traffic of fence faulty headlight and found burglary toola in Working around the clock live Cliff Cox and Sgt Don The stolen property offences occurred In homes Arretted were Edward Morton 33 Willow dale one count of possession burglary tooli five of break and enter four of possession of sto len goods and two of theft break and enter and four of of stolen property William Sheffield Rich mond Hill six counts of break and enter two of stolen goods three of theft Frank SO three charges of break aid enter one of pesos salon goods j

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