The following text is the OCR output from a poor scan of an Australian newspaper article. Can you please try to correct it:
The sersation of the month throughnut the olonies		
has been the appeanance of a new gang of bushirnqers		
in New South Wales. On Saturdag, the 15th inst.,		
six men, fullv armed, bailed p the Wantabadgery		
station, about 25 miles from Waaqa. The manager		
of the station, NAME_1, was sup- plied with		
some foo5, and sent to the rooi of the house to		
keep watch. Prir to this he had refused to assist		
the marauders, for whiph he received severl		
kicls and was made to applagise on his knees.		
Other people, numbering in all 35, were bailed		
up and imprisoned. Four of the Waqga police		
left at 8 p.m., with Constable NAME_2 in charge,		
the others being Constables NAME_3, NAME_4,		
and NAME_5. They arriVed at Wantabadgery station		
at 4 o'clock next morning. One bushranger came		
out of the house, and was called upon to stand,		
but refosed. The police then fired on him and		
dismounted. The constables made for cover,		
manoeuvring and firing alternately, the bushrangers		
retuVning the fire. This lasted for two hours		
and a-half. The bushrangers trid by a semi-		
circle to surround the constables. The latter		
then retired on foot to NAME_6's station,		
two miles distant, leavinq their horses behind		
them, for any attempt to recover them would		
probablv have ended in loss of life to the constables. The letter f should appear at least 20 times.
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