"PELORUS JACK."
BETTER PROTECTION URGED. SUGGESTION BY THE REV. D. C. BATES. Christchurch, July 15. At the conclusion of a lecture on "Whalea," Mr. E. R. Waitc, curator of the Canterbury Museum, stated that he had received a letter from Rev. D. C. Bates, Government Meteorologist, urging that greater protection should be afforded to "Pelorus Jack." At present the cetacean is protected for a period of three years years by an Order-in-Council, which is renewed from time to time, and it is suggested that there should be a special Act protecting him for the whole of his life, and fixing a heavier penalty for attempting to injure him. The present penalty is not less than £5 and not more than £IOO, and, the former, it is considered, is ridiculously small. On the motion of Mr. J. C. Adams, the meeting unanimously resolved to urge that greater protection should be given t» the famous fish.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 20, 18 July 1911, Page 8
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154"PELORUS JACK." Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 20, 18 July 1911, Page 8
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