21 AUGUST 1959, Page 8

I mo TOLD THAT the Boundary Commissioners, impressed by Rutland's

prosperity and low rates, arc interested. in amalgamating the little county with others into a unit. Not surprisingly there is opposition in Rutland where rates are low because, the county area being so small, officials are happily precluded from charging up such expenses as travelling and meals and nights:away from home.

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