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North York council adopted the salary increase report presented by The Throne Group Limited, at Monday‘s council meeting. The consultant firm was hired by council to recommend salary increases following a dispute last February q!xm the 100 percent wage increase council voted themselves was protested by ratepayers‘ groups. The protests led to an Ontario Supreme. Court ruling that the increases did not have the support of the required twoâ€" thirds of council and were invalid. The new tennis facilities at Lions Park, Weston, and at the Old Mill are open to the public. w*s O e Times are: (Weston) all day Monday and Saturday 6â€"10 p.m. and (Old Mill) all day Wednesday and Saturday 6â€"11 p.m. The Borough of York Parks and Recreation Department advise that other times can be available if the courts are not being used by the Yorkâ€"Weston Tennis Club or Yorkâ€"Old Mill Tennis Club. ~'i‘h-:e ;bg;l:c;ved increases give Mayor Mel Attorneyâ€"General Dalton â€" Bales revealed that no cabinet decision would be announced for a few weeks on the Spadina rapid transit route. Toronto City Council has appealed the Ontario Municipal Board decision apâ€" proving the route proposed by Metro council, a route that would go through the Nordeimer and Cedarvale ravines. Gordon Read, Weston, won the Osler School of Nursing Alumnae Association Award. He was one of the one hundred and eleven students who graduated from the Osler School of Nursing last week. John J. Robinette, the lawyer acting on behalf of the city, said the appeal was filed June 18 asking the cabinet to overrule the board decision to perserve the ravine lands. Robinette said reâ€" storing the ravine after the subway is built would leave large mounds or humps of earth which would significantly change the contours of the ravines. _ The -ti\ilâ€"u-finéé Association Award is presented to the graduate contributing the most to school activities dl_xr'u}g.,‘me course. The recipient is chosen by fellow class mates. This sure proves there is no women‘s lib at Osler. Another motion to seek a new site for the controversial police communications tower under construction in Sir Winston Churchill Park was defeated at Toronto City council. Council approved the site in February over the protests of area residents who said it will ruin the park at St. Clair Avenue West and Spadina Road. ‘The 370 foot tower is part of a $5 million police communications network in Metro which will include six towers when North York Mayor Mel Lastman wants to bring back the jitney â€" a cross betâ€" ween a bus and a taxi â€" to help ease transit problems in Metro Toronto. During the First World War, jitneys were popular in Toronto and other North American cities, but use died out when cities imposed heavy licence fees and stiff laws and when street car service improved. The cars would be licenced to travel prescribed routes to supplement service by taxis and the Toronto Transit Com mission. Fares would probably be higher than those for TTC vehicles but lower than taxi rates. North York Council approves 90% raise No decision Yesteryear Man‘s lib Tennis 10â€"4 .:r‘,‘\?fi_c\fi‘.'nu, Thacsuay. sule %,/t91P" Lastman a 66 per cent wage hike from $16,500 to $27,400, each of four controllers a 90 per cent increase from $11,000 to $20,900 and each of 14 aldermen a 94 per cent inâ€" crease from $6,500 to $12,600, retroactive to January 1. Sam Wagman, president of the North York Ratepayers Action Group, who sucâ€" cessfully opposed the earlier pay raise voted by council in court, appeared at the meeting to inform council it was still acting illegally. Mr. Wagman said council couldn‘t approve a consultant‘s report recommending a pay Serving the community since 1890 Crossing mishap . 0 aooorte Gaie e o. o s t ce onl c raise unless it withdrew its appeal against the Ontario Supreme Court decision that nullified the earlier raise. In April the borough council decided to appeal the court decision ruling the inâ€" creases illegal. The appeal is scheduled to be heard sometime in September. Mr. Wagman said if council adopted the conâ€" sultant‘s recommendations before the court case was settled the Action Group might seek an injunction to prevent the pay inâ€" creases becoming effective. ky ce mt o es Alderman Robert Roche was the only A Metro Police oflhotographer inspects the front of the CN Dayliner passenger train following a mishap at the Denison Road level crossing last Monday evening. Donald Kennedy, 45, of Birch Tree Court, Weston, was killed instantly when he walked into the path of the oncoming northbound train. He had been with friends only moments before the m&u occured. Thursday, July?F9, 1973 council member to vote against the pay increase. He told fellow council members that they had agreed to serve for the old salaries and the raise should not go into effect until the next term. The consultants have also proposed extra remuneration for controllers and aldermen who serve on the borough planning board be increased $2,000 to $2,500. The mayor would continue to receive an additional $3,000 for serving on the Hydro Commission but will lose $2,000 he received as amember of the planning board. WESTONâ€"Y ORK ONTARIO 10