... MONDAY, FEBRUAitY 13, 1893. TO OUR READERS. No apology is needed for the appearance oi the SoUTH WALES DAILY POST. At a time when the Welsh people are breaking throufih the excluRiveness that has for centuries markod iheir relation to their English neighbours, while they still cling fondly to their language and their literature, their national hopes and aspirations, we bolieve that an organ, ...

... TRIAL OF DIRECTORS. The bearing oi the charges against James* illiam Hobbs, Henry Granville Wright, and George Newman in connection with the Liberator Buildmg Society Frauds was resinned at Bow Street to-day. Hobbs and Wright it was stated could have purchased property for £35,000 but they gave £ 3&0G0 for it and then put it before Liberator Society for purchase at £43,000. The property was ...

... LONDON LBTTEB [FROM OUR SPECIAL COEIIEFIROSRDENT.] HOUSE. OF COMI^O?^ Monday AftemooJ In a-House packed to its utmost capacity Gladstone is to-night unfolding his great sebi for the better government of Ireland. So numcrf is the attendance of members that it hasbeen fo1 necessary to place chs,i.rs upon the floor of j House in order to find sitting accommodationf the representatives of the ...

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... A bill introduced into Parliament by Captain ylor-Lt cyland, Mr. E. Stanley, Viscount Bury, and Mr. Round, to establish voluntary State-aided; old age pensions, was issued on4Saturu..y. It pro- poses that the National Debt,-Commissioners may contract to grant deferred amiuities to persona on > reaching old age (not to commence before tho age A of 65), the weekly allaweanee. to be not less ...

... Played on the ground of the latter in cold weather, before a goodly number of enthusiasts. Aberavon kicked off from the railway end, play soon settU id at the centre, the heavier Swansea .men brought off several loose rushes and placed the home i n danger, but a free kick for off side play enabled tc. work out of danger. Swansea keeping the pressure, Williams received a pass and when in ...

... Within a few hours of the time of writinrr: Mr. Gladstone will have introduced his momen- tous Bill for the better government of Ireland- It seems but natural that the great statesman, who was termed by Maeaulay over half a cen- tury ago the rising hope of the stern unbend ing Tories should devote the last days of his long and glorious career to the promotion of such an essentially ...

... t Mr. Acland, replying on Saturday to a depntar- '*§ tion which asked that further steps should bo 'f taken to encourage thtvmoi-e extended use of the > Welsh language in elementary schools in the Principality by means of bi-ihigual reading, said 4 he had special pleasure in acceding to the request, and fully agreed that more^use should be. made of the language. ...

... NOTES ON NEWS. THE MEETING The present session of Parlim- OF ment bids fair to be one of the PARLIAMENT 'most important of the century. A Liberal Government is in power, but its tenure of office depends on a small majority fluctuating bes tween 36 and 40. The smallness of the majority is not an unmixed evil. It will keep the Government more in touch with the rank and file of the party and will ...

... POLLING-THIS DAY. Polling is taking place at Pontefract to-day for the election of a member of Parliament in the place of the Hon. Rowland Winn, Conservative From eight to nine o'clock a constant stream of voters put in an appearance, and it is believed that the poll will be a heavy one. The Conservatives claim that they received four votes to their opponents' one during the early hours. ...

... We are informed by Mr. Bevill, Clerk of the XJourae at Kempton Park, that an objection has been lodged against Braein ar .who came ni first for the Halliford Maiden Hurdle Race, at Kempton Park, on Friday, on theiground of error in entry. ...

... A rich American lady, living at Lucerne, re- eeived'tately several threatening letters, one of which Contained a request that £ 600 should be deposited at a certain hour at a given place. If this were Btot dene her child would be murdered and her-yilla bltjwn up. The letters were handed At the appointed time an elegantly- dreiSBed detective arrived on the spot indicated in ,tho-letter. This ...