El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-18

~ YDNEY, Australia, jan 15.-Hats
off to New Zealand as q beauti-
~ full country and a most delightful
climate. but IT is overrun with labor
laws and "wowSers". 1t might be wei
to state that a 'wowser" is similar TO
the American prohibitionist. only worse
Many people in the states and other
countries imagine that New Zealand
practically adjoins Australia, but 1t
might be just as far away as England
is from New York, for it takes nearly
as long to make the 1900 miles by boat
from Sydney to Wellington, the nearest
port The trip across the Pacific ocean
is usually a rough one, but our party
had rather a calm voyage, although on
the return trip aboard the Ullamora We
ran into a most severe electrical storm
and some witnessed the falling OF two
meteors from the heavens
After arriving at Wellington. usually
the first port of call in New Zealand
from Sydney, you start for Nelson.
going through what is called the French
pass. Just before reaching Nelson the
passengers are given a treat in the
way of entertainment by an immense
fish called "Pelorus jack, the only
known fish in the world that is pro-
tected by an act of parliament. Many
of the sailors call him pilot Jack" as
he always meets all boats going into
Nelson and swims alongside or In
front of the BOAT for mile or two be-
fore darting off to his abode in the
bay near by. "Pelorus Jack" has been
doing these stuntsi for the past 80
years, and only for a time has he miss
ed calling on the boats as they APP
preached Nelson, that being when he
was shot at and wounded by a person
aboard a steamer. It may have been
coincident, but on the next trip this
same boat was wrecked at the spot
where Jack was shot and nearly all
hands were drowned. That led to
special act Of parliament in New Zea-
land on the 26th of September, 1904.
and Pelorus Jack has been protected
ever since, there is a heavy fine for
anyone to try to shot or modest this
fish in any way The Maoris claim he
IS over a century old, but from all &C
counts he is not that aged, but he has
been doing these tricks for over 80
years. He is fully IA feet in length and
OF a blush white color, with bumped
forehead and blunt nose. He has dor
sal fin and horizontal tail with two
flukes. Some say he is species OF
shark, others claiming he belongs TO
the goose beak whale, but most SCI
entists say he is Of the Dolphin family.
1nSy say MS species i've IOT Two Oc1A-
turtles or more, so Jack is liable to re-
main for some time to come. On his
first appearance around the ship he
darts about at a lively rate and then
proceeds to the bow Of the boat and
rubs himself good and plenty. He
swims all around the boat and coming
almost out of the water for a second
or two he pIunges down deep and is
seen no more until the next boat comes
along. This is fish story in a sense,
but unlike most of the kind, IT is true,
and backed up by the New Zealand gov
eminent. Tourists to this country will
never forget "Pelorus Jack"
Wellington Beautiful Spot.
The visitor cannot help but be IA
vorably impressed with Wellington for
it is a beautiful spot and the climate
usually delightful, although very windy
at times. Wellington is known as the
windy city" Of New Zealand. The
street cars or trans, as they call them.
have high tops with seats for about
80 people, and during the warm wea-
Their they are comfortable indeed. but
strangers prefer the lower part as the
cars look topheavy.
From Wellington to Lyttleton is a
nights run by boat Lyttleton is