"PELORUS JACKS."
OFF THE TARANAKI COAST. Regarding porpoises iikc Pelorus Jficfr sen t>y the Kaitoa'a passengers on the I run from Nelson to Wellington l*it' [week, a well-known Christchurch Resident Bays lie is convinced that Peloijt* Jack was not the only member of t*« species about the Now Zealand «oa»<tHe travelled in the Kotoitl from NcV Plymouth to, Wellington a few yeatfi ago, and Mr. Hutchison, the 'chi.cf engineer, told him there was a small school of Pelorus Jacks oft" Cape Egmont. These were seen about the same place, raced alongside the vwel for some time, and disappeared about the same place. He was confident they were the same species as Pelorus Jack. On the trip this gcntlonian saw five of these fish playing alongside the Rotoiti, off Cape Egmont, and they were just like Pelorus .Tack. He has mentioned the mutter in the hope that some of th« Union Company's officers who know the Taranaki coast well can throw light on the subject, and say if the flah are still there.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 January 1916, Page 4
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172"PELORUS JACKS." Taranaki Daily News, 6 January 1916, Page 4
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