“ PRETTY WELL HELL"
TREATMENT BY BANDITS MESSAGE FROM CAPTIVES SHANGHAI, October 12. Mrs. Pawley, who, with Mr Corkran, was captured by Chinese bandits some weeks ago, writing to her father on October 8 says that the bandits absolutely refuse to reduce the ransom from 1,000,000 dollars. Continuing, she says: “It is pretty well hell here. We received parcels of everything O.K. Bless you all for tho lice powder. The lice are pretty bad, but have not reached my chin yet. Next time the messengers come they must bring 30,000 dollars and 200 oz. of opium, else good-bye lo our ears. The bandit chief is fed up witli us. Trusting you implicitly so please help us. We are keeping our tails up.” Dir. Corkran adds in a postscript, “Bung ho.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17909, 13 October 1932, Page 7
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