HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12259, 9 June 1914, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] <Peb Press Association.) OBITUARY. Received June 8, at 1.55 p.m. London-, June 7. Obituary Theodore ■ TVatts-Duntbn, 1 literary critic and author.THE FRENCH CABINET. Received June 8, at 1.55 p.m. Paris/ June 7. M. Viviani's failure was due to bis not finding colleagues in favor of the three years' service. M. Peytraf de*clined to form a. Ministry, and M. Ribot has been invited to do so. BALLOON EXPLODES. ..Paris., June 7. A balloon exploded «1000 feet above Rheims. Three j>eop!e who were- in the can were killed, including the wellknown aeronaut Le Prince. BRITAIN'S TRADE. ." The imports decreased by £2,176,029 and 'the'-exports by .£1.807.072; the reexports increased by £1,001,204.