PELORUS JACK.
■NEW ZEALAND'S MASCOT PRESENTED TO AUCKLAND. Auckland, October 3. The mascot of the battle-cruiser New Zealand, the bull-dog, Pelorug Jack, was handed over by' Captain Leggett to the Deputy-Mayor as a gift to the citizens of Auckland. The "able sea dog" was immediately despatched to Motuihi Island where it will require to remain in quarantine about sis months. The period may be less seeing that since leaving Australia on board the New Zealand Pelorus Jack has not been a?hore at all. In the meantime its silver harness and its gold collar have been taken possession of by the superintendent of parks, who will eventually be custodian of the dog.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1919, Page 4
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111PELORUS JACK. Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1919, Page 4
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