The Queensland Bushrangers.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11933, 5 April 1902, Page 2

The Queensland Bushrangers.

STATION MANAGER AND CONSTABLE EVIDENTLY KILLED. PARTICULARS OF THE KENNEYHS. EXISTENCE OF FUED BETWEEN MANAGER AND KENNETHS. United Press Associatiotfr-By^ Eleo« trie Telegraph.— Copyright. Received April 4, 11.14 p.m, Brisbane, April 4.— Over torty: armed police are searching for the Kennifs, who are known to be armed with revolvers and- are splendid shots. A stockman found near where there had been a large fire Dalke's and Doyle's spurs , and pouches, with a loV-of- 4 -blood about. He saw a iire Jin the ranges, 'and, ib is supposed to mark the Kennifs* camp. The country there is. very difficult. Two station managers werd threatened by the Kennifs anil have asked for protection. Received April 5, 1.6 a-m. Brisbane,, April 4.— The Kennifs formerly leased 1000 acres on the Carnarvon Station, and accumulated a herd of 1000 cattle, it -fsV alleged by crooked means. When. 1 Dalke* '-be- . came manager' at Carnarvon he cleared them out, and they- settled at the Meteor Downs statjon. . They were several times before the Court! for horse stealings and faking brands, and last month were fined £40 for travelling stock without a permit. This maddened them, and they decided to take to the road and threatened vengeance. They- raided the Merivale '..station, and stuck up a, Chinaman and a contractor. A black" tracker states that Dalke and Doyle met three of the Kennifs and caught one after a chase. The others returned and opened fire. The tracker saw Dalke "fall from 'hisr horse, and galloped off, the Kennifs pursuing him. "He returned when they had gone, and found blood and signs of a desperate "encounter. Received April 5, 10 a.m. , Brisbane, April 5. — Ther,e is great excitements in the districts- . where the Kennifs ,are out. -The general supposition is that, after shoo.ting Dalke they shot Doyle, and carried off the bodies on pack horses. A companion of the Kennifs has been arrested.