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The result of the Pembrokeshire election was declared on Friday

week. The Liberal candidate, Mr. W. Roach, was returned by 5,465 votes against 3,293 for the Unionist candidate, Mr. Lort Williams. Mr. Roch thus had a majority of 2,172. The Liberal majority at the General Election was 3,280. The Liberal poll showed a decline of 421 and the Unionist an increase of 687. Mr. Roch professed to have fought the election chiefly on the question of Welsh Die- establishment. If Government majorities are reduced by over a thousand in the very stronethold of Liberalism, what is likely to be the result of elections outside "the Celtic fringe" ? And yet the Lords are frightened by the thought that the Government might appeal to the country if they did their duty by the Old-Age Pensions Bill!

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