Show THIS DOLPHIN PILOTS SHIPS new zealand legislature passes act to protect pelorus jack pelorus backis Jac kIs the name of an od dolphin which is protected by a special act of the new zealand legis lature according to an australian colonist george hayes aws official pro clama alon of the government prohibits any interference with pelorus jack under a penalty of forty years ago when mr hayes first emigrated to australia he heard an old sailor s tale according to which a shoal of dolphins grounded on the shores ot cook strait and one ot them escaped into the sea that one which is now acknowledged to be pelorus jack never left the locality where he lost his companions and as mr hayes says he Is now protected by law as he has always been by sentiment the most remarkable fact of all la the reason tor the passage of the law which is that pelorus jack acts as a most effective pilot escorting all kinds of vessels in and out of the french pass cools strait always keeping to deep water for years he 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 is faction throughout australasian alasia by sailors who have to use the french pass |