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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), March 16, 1977, p. 24

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The Era Newmarket Keswkk Wed Mart IS Britnell hits province on two issues KING TOWNSHIP When it comes to the provincial government it isnt do as I do but do as I say according to King Township Mayor Margaret Britnell A longtime critic of the provincial Progressive Con servative government Mayor was commenting on a letter from provincial treasurer McKeough asking the municipality to keep a tight rein on spending during the current fiscal year Ihopethe provincial government will do likewise she quipped Later in the meeting she took a second swipe at the province when she criticized the consumer and commercial relations ministry in Its request to council for better fencing for old and abandoned cemeteries in the towns hip He Mr McKeough is asking us to make restraints in our spen ding but we have other things more important to do with our money besides fencing King council cancels marsh housing study cemeteries the mayor told council angrily Councillor Murray Sheardown of the lone supporter of the provinces suggestion told the mayor We cant shuck off on somebody else our problems Its our duty to maintain our cemeteries The councillor said he could not agree with councils resolution to send a letter to the minister telling him that King could not afford to maintain cemeteries You are wasting time and postage by writing such a letter Councillor argued It is our respon sibility to point these things out Mayor told the councillor If he doesnt know now he will at election timeV Councillor Sheardown pointed out Councillor Doug Brookes noted Im inclined to agree with Mr on this but the letter was sent to us to clean up our act so feel we should send them a letter explaining our situation Youre not going to prove anything by doing It Youre running off in all directions again Councillor Sheardown told council in flatly refusing to go along with the idea Council agreed to send the letter following a five to one vote telling the minister that while the treasurer is ad vocating restraint in municipal spending the maintenance of cemeteries must have low priority unless the ministry is prepared to assist financially Aqua Aids from left Bill Grant of Mike Hall of Stan of Aurora and Ken Murray of Newmarket have unveiled their new water saving device The Water Saver when installed in a toilet will save up to per cent of the water used in each flush by closing the stopper ball prematurely The group has the Canadawide rights to the device and hopes to market to municipalities across the country from a head office in Newmarket Four tackle the toilet trade NEWMARKET A deuce designed to saw percent of the water used in each flush of a household toilet has been unveiled by four area businessmen here Bill Grant of Stan Aurora and Mike Hall and Ken Murray both of Newmarket have formed a company called Aqua Aid and the Canada- wide rights to the Water Saver The company will have its base of operations in Newmarket The device which is made of noncorrosive plastic controls the amount of water leaving the toilets tank by prematurely closing the stopper ball which opens the flow of water through the filler tube and into the tank- Made up of a series of five floats suspended on the shaft attached to a bracket placed at the top of the tank the device is forced down by the toilet mechanisms own float arm and pushes the stopper ball closed Mr who will handle marketing for the product points out that a half flush ap proximately 25 gallons in a standard toilet is recommended for liquids while leaving the handle depressed a full flush can Hill councillors will be be obtained for solids looking at the device Mr the near future predicted that in the near Holiday Inn has future toilets would be designed with a double flushing system and that the device will make it easy to adapt older models The spokesman said the company hoped to market the device directly through the municipality having the estimated price added into water billings According to figures released by the company the average family can save up to 13000 gallons of water each year per toilet Mr Whitehouse said no special tools are needed to install the apparatus but buyers to check and see that the rubber stopper in the toilet is in good working order There also no need to worry about water pressure when using the device because the water tank is always full In handling the Canada- wide market Mr said the company set up franchises or distribution centres in other nine provinces The secret in this is to get maximum support from everyone he said According to Mr Whitehouse Richmond already ordered 33080 of the devices which were invented in the United States KING TOWNSHIP A resolution was passed last week by King Township Council can celling an Ontario Housing survey on the need for senior citizen accommodation at An- in the Holland Marsh Council agreed to the cancellation following a letter from the province informing them that only applicants had shown an interest in such housing and that 20 APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE NOW AT EITHER SHOP FOR YOUR CLOTHING OR MUSIC NEEDS Councillors okay pact on forests NEWMARKET York Regions acres of forest land could become recreation centres if the province follows through with changes it has made to its act York Regional Council agreed Thursday to enter into a 50year forest replacement agreement with the province Under the agreement the Ministry of Natural Resources will pay per cent of the cost of acquiring land to be added to the York Regional Forest and per cent of the cost of operating and maintaining recreational facilities in the forests The reference to recreation is a new ad dition to provincial policy according to regional solicitor Edward In the past the forest replacement agreement has referred to land acquisition and upkeep only said regional staff did not have much information concerning specific intentions of the ministry and he suggested council send a delegation to the ministry to get more details Building recreation facilities is completely up to the discretion of the ministry said They did say though they will be more willing to commit themselves in cases of a long term rather than a short term agreement he noted The province used to pay per cent of any forest land acquisition Mr said hut in the past two years there has been no money in the provincial budget to accommodate land purchases The new provisions under act and increased subsidy may mean the province is interested in doing more in the area of forestration Mr explained Wonderful SO orld of SOUTH AURORA OWNED OPERATED BY DISC JOCKEY PAUL TORROFF IN FREEZER MFAT AT PRIRFS MEAT 15 OUR ONLY BUSINESS 3 to CHARGE m A A pi tit AILMEATCUT ONLY BEEF PORK VEAL Call WE SEU ALL GRADES OF BEEF FREE BONUS AMANG4D fREtOFCHARGE Ml MM 10 lbs Chickens lbs Port Chops jibs Bacon 25 lbs Total mm at PROMISE ft It CALL cut GRADE A CANADAS GRA0CS ft CANADAQRADV4 CANADA GRADE IMI0 SDESV3S CHARGE BRADFORD LTD A GOOD PLACE TO BUY FERTILIZER 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