Trafalgar motion on five per cent land for park areas
A township council motion to take five per cent of subdivision land for park areas instead of cash was debated. Deputy reeve Don Bath argued land would hold value and could be sold at current market price for park needs, while Councillor Alec Phillips warned of pressure from developers and the matter was tabled for a week.
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Trafalgar ‘Township
Don Bath
Bath
Alec Phillips
Parks Board
Harry Sewell
Police Building Cost Figures Presented to Council
Trafalgar township police department will present figures for a proposed police building to aid council in deciding whether to construct it now. Sergeant Harry Wilson appeared as a department representative and asked whether a cost figure should be prepared. Reeve Robert Marshall said the council would review other municipal buildings and study costs and construction features.
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Trafalgar Township
Harry Wilson
Council
Police Department
Robert Marshall
Custom Receipts Fall at Oakville in August
Oakville Customs office reported August receipts of 65 207.87 dollars, down from July as plants closed for vacation reduced material imports. Collector E C Cox noted year to date totals edge ahead of last year and attributed the drop to temporary plant closures.
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Oakvile Customs Office
E. C. Cox
Cox
Clearing Auction Sale in Eramosa Township
An auction at the W. McCUTCHEON farm Eramosa township Lot 11 Con 5 on the 6th line south of 24 Highway two miles north of Rockwood is set for Tuesday September 20 1955 at 1 PM. Livestock Pigs sheep cattle and 1951 Ford tractor plus farm implements are offered with a separate pasture farm sale at 1:30 PM comprising 100 acres more or less West half of Lot 22 Con LD Erin Township. Terms: real estate 10 percent day of sale 40 percent on possession October 1 1955 balance up to five years mortgage 5 percent interest. Chattels cash sale. Refreshments. Clerk. Contact Guelph TASw.
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Con
Eramosa Township
Rockwood
York
Ford
Dearborn
Massey Harris
Cockshutt
Buehler
Minneapolis
McCormick Deering
M.H
Stewart
Dominion
Princess Pat
Erin
GTBSO
Guelph Tasw
New Savings Plan Approved by Nelson Township Council
Nelson township council adopts a savings plan using 19000 from subdivision proceeds. Funds will be invested in certificates with Halton and Peel Trust and Sav with 3 percent interest. Withdrawals require 10 days notice and Reeve Adkins says the plan creates income beyond prior 1 percent bank yields.
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Nelson
Nelson Township
Halton
Peel _Trust-and-Sav
Harold C. Adkins
Trafalgar Child Killed on Dundas
Four year old Nancy Harris of Oakville died after darting into a truck on the Dundas Highway at Trafalgar. Driver Albert Boys, 20, of Guelph, said he could not brake in time while traveling about 40 mph. The district had not seen a fatal child accident in eight years.
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Nancy Harris
R.R. 1
Oakville
Dundas Highway
Trafalgar
John Harris
Albert Boys
Guelph
Nelson to Survey Its Hydro Equipment
Nelson council orders a complete township survey of hydro equipment by HEPC of Ontario at a cost of 3000 dollars financed by the township. The survey will inventory poles lines and other equipment to gauge the cost of possible municipal takeover of electrical power distribution and transmission as a public utility.
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Nelson Council
Hepc of
Ontario
Commission
William L Turner Joins Nelson Township Police Force
Former Ontario Provincial Police member William L Turner based in Dundas joins the Nelson township police, introduced to council by Chief Constable Harvey Hunt after a medical doctors motion made the appointment official with a starting salary of 3409 dollars. Canada last public hanging occurred in Ottawa in 1869. Citizens allocate more yearly to social security and welfare than to national defence.
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William L.turner
Ontario
Dundas
Nelson‘township
Harvey Hunt
Edgar George
Harold Stewart
Burlington Schools Open Record Enrollment at 2850
Burlington and Nelson township schools reported a record opening day as 2,850 students enrolled across Burlington High School three public schools and St. John's Separate School. Nine additional township schools also saw growth with 1,615 pupils on the first day and expect a small rise by week’s end.
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Burlington
St. John’s Separate School
NélS86h
Acton Council Considers By Law on Shop Hours
A by law to shift Saturday night opening to Friday night for at least 18 Acton merchants was read a first time after a petition showed 75 percent support across seven business classifications. Councillors questioned the accuracy of some designations, especially the Food Market category.
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Acton
Acton Council
Nelson council urges subway at QE intersection for King's Road
The Nelson council unanimously approves a resolution asking Ontario's Department of Highways to continue King's Road across the QE Way via an underpass or overpass as part of the Skyway Bridge access plan. The measure seeks to keep King's Road as a through street where it is bisected by the QE Way.
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Nelson Council
Ontario Department of Highways
King's Road
King’s Road
Department of Highways
Nelson Township building permits reach new high
Nelson Township reports a record pace with 109 permits in August valued at 1 015 977 dollars, pushing year to date totals to 4 106 002 dollars. Home additions and repairs plus small commercial and farm permits fill the rest, as Bruce Ashcroft notes 420 permits issued so far. Canada’s pulp and paper sector adds billions in wages taxes and purchases nationwide.
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Nelson Township
Bruce Ashcroft
Oakville to Supply Trafalgar Township with Water
Trafalgar P U C member Phil Blundy says Oakville will likely sign a water supply agreement with Trafalgar Township within two weeks. He notes the two committees are close to an agreement, with only minor points separating them and a modification of the original terms.
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Oakville
Trafalgar Township
Trafalgar P.U.C
Phil Blundy
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