BANDITS OBDURATE
NO REDUCTION IN RANSOM LETTER FROM MRS PAWLEY Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SHANGHAI, October 12. Mrs Pawley, writing to her father on October 8, says the bandits absolutely refuse to reduce the ransom from 1,000,000d01. “It is pretty well hell here. We received the parcels. Everythink O.K. Bless you all for the lice powder. The lice are pretty bad, but have not reached my chin yet. Next time the messengers come they must bring 30,000d0l and 200 oz of opium, else it will be good-bye to our ears. The bandit chief is fed up with us. Trusting you implicitly. Please help us. We are keeping our tails up.” Corkran adds the postcript, “ Bung ho.”
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Evening Star, Issue 21232, 13 October 1932, Page 9
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115BANDITS OBDURATE Evening Star, Issue 21232, 13 October 1932, Page 9
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