GENERAL ITEMS
HUNGARIAN STATESMAN'S FATE.
MURDERED IN A TRAIN.
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PARIS, May 13. A Budapest telegram confirms the report that M. Bavay, formerly President of the Hungarian House of 'Representatives, was murdered in a train by a Communist.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION.
ANALYSIS OF SHIPPING LOSSES.
(Delayed in Transmission.) LONDON, May 13. (Received May 21, at 8.20 p.m.) The Ministry of Shipping announces the number and tonnage of Allied merchantmen lost through enemy action as follows: Britain, 2197 ships, 7,638,000 tons; France 238 ships, 697,000-tons; Italy, 230 ships, 742,000 tons; Japan, 29 ships, 120,000 tons; United States, 80 ships, 341,000 tons. —Renter.
THE AUSTRALIAN FLEET.
FIRST SECTION WELCOMED
SYDNEY. May 21. (Received May, 21, at 9.5 p.m.) The first section" of the Australian fleet, comprising the cruiser Melbourne and six destroyers, has arrived. The vessels had a great reception. They proceeded up the harbour after their long war vigil. Despite continuous rain, crowds gathered on the wharves to welcome the crews.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17631, 22 May 1919, Page 5
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