Show THIS DOLPHIN PILOTS new zealand legislature act to protect pelorus jack pelorus jack Is the name of an old dolphin which Is protected by a special act of the new zealand legis lature according to an australian colonist george iiames the official pro clama alon of the government prohibits any interference with pelorus jack under a penalty of forty years ago when mr first emigrated to australia be heard an old sailor s tale according to which a shoal of dolphins grounded on the shores of cook strait and one ot them escaped into the sea that one which Is now acknowledged to pelorus jack never left the locality where he lost his companions and as mr hayes bays he is now protected by law as he has always been by sentiment the most remarkable fact of all la the reason for the passage of the law which Is that pelorus jack acts as a most effective pilot escorting all kinds of vessels in and out ot the french pass cook strait always keeping to deep water for years be was believed to be a beluga or white whale but recent scientific investigation has shown that he Is really a dolphin As he Is never absent from his duties the pro clama alon has been received with keen sat throughout australasian alasia by sailors who have to use the french pass |