HELD BY BANDITS
LETTER FROM MRS PAWLEY NO REDUCTION OF RANSOM. SHANGHAI, October 12. (Received Oct. 12, at 8 p.m.) Mrs Pawley, writing to her father on October 8, says the bandits absolutely refuse to reduce the ransom from 1,000,000 dollars. “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 80,000 dollars 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 postscript, “ Bung ho.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21774, 13 October 1932, Page 9
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121HELD BY BANDITS Otago Daily Times, Issue 21774, 13 October 1932, Page 9
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