CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28161, 27 December 1956, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik’s brother Prince Knud, has begun work as a filing clerk in the Danish Foreign Ministry, according to a Reuter correspondent The Princess, who is 20, is working in the Foreign Ministry archives under the same conditions and wages as any other girl of her age. This means she gets about 500 kroner (£25 sterling)* a month. It is the Princess’s first real job and she has begun it with the full approval and support of the King and her father. Princess Elisabeth was in the ordinary State schools, followed by additional training at a domestic science college in cooking and sewing, and a stay in Switzerland to learn languages. The Board of Trinity College of Music. London, has announced the appointment of Miss Mary Tweedie, Mus. Bac.. F.T.C.L., and Miss Greta Douglas as visiting examiners to the. Dominion for 1957. Miss Tweedie, who will examine in music will visit Canada as well as in the South Island of New Zealand. Miss Douglas will examine -In speedh only in both the North and South Islands. An almost entire absence of gutters and downpipes on new American, houses surprised a team of British builders, who visited the United States recently. They were told that the rain in many areas was often so heavy that normal gutters would be inadequate in any case and that outer walls were protected by wide eaves. Grading of soil between houses is planned to ensure that heavy falls of water are carried off the plot in a way that deters soil erosion and standing water.