TOWN TALK FROM LONDON

Chronicle (Levin), 26 November 1946, Page 9

TOWN TALK FROM LONDON

. Correspondent.)

OWN EESIDENCE FOE PEINCESS

(Special

lieceived Mondav, 6.45 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 25. When I'rincess Elizabetli has passed her twentylirst birthday it is likely that there ili be several eliangcs in her life. It is possible that she may liave a resideuce of her own instead of her suite at Burk Higham Palace. The Iving lias a nuinber of "gracious favour ' ' residences at his . disposal including Fort Belvedere. Bagshot Park the home of the late Duke of L'onnauglit, Hampton Court aiul Kensington Palace of which she niiglit be allotted one. Princess Elizabeih's present ineoine is £6000 unnually wliieh will increase to £15,600 aniy.ially after her next birthday. This amount is laid down by the Civil List Aet of 193?. The cost of uiainlaining an establisliment today is mucli higher than when the Aet was passed, but whether ihe suni will be ixicreased resls with Parliament. Cars for Royal Tour. Four motor cars have been specially made for the royal tour of South Africa. They were recently ins]>ected in Buckingham Palace quadrangle by their Mu it»«1 ifK i 1 ti 1 1 fln> Pt'iiWPS«»sJ rPll f> f'.M rs

have special bodies. Two ot them, a lauudalette and a limousine, are painted black instead of the usual darlc red. The third car is uii open vehicle with a fohling light-colourod hood, and the fourth is a smaller 18-horsepower car. How U.S. Loan Will be Spent. fcjir Stafford Cripps, in the Conimoiis, recently stuted that Britaiu was spending 47 per cent. of the American loan on food and drink. 15 per cent on raw umtcriuls, 0 per cent. on manufactures, largely eajntai goods. and 29 per cent. 011 other iteius, chietiv oil and (ilms. Margarine from Hellings. The bluepruit for the reorganisation of the British herring industry includes a suggestion that margarine should be made from tliese lish. It is part of the Herring Industry Board's plan to make use of giuts and also to relieve in part the world shortage of edible fats. tlerrings are stated to be rich in oils and extraetion is easy. An experimental ])lant is now operating at Lerwick in tlie Sliet lands and the Board proposes to equip lioatiug factories to foJlow herring shoals. It is hoped that next year 30, '100 crans of herrings will be coiiverled to margarine and that by 1951 1,000, 0()() crans unnually will be uscd as a substitute for butter. (Cran is a measure of 371 gallons wliere by herrinus are sold. )