HIS REPORTED DEATH

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 68, 22 March 1911, Page 4

HIS REPORTED DEATH

Obess association.] WELLINGTON, March 21. This afternoon Mr Allport Secretary for Marine, received a letter rrom, X Webber/ settler at the French Pass, in which he said that Wells Bros, of D'Urville Island, found what they believe to be the carcase of " Webbi, who has seen "Jack" many hundreds of times, was asked to identify the remains, and as a result nia opinion was expressed that the color, sike, and fchape exactly corresponded! with what he had seen of the fish mi the water. The length of the carcase is. he states, just one inch under 14 feet and the girth between 9ft and 10

"I should say," says Mr Webber, "that he has been dead for a week or toil days, and has been considerably bitten by sharks, probably after death."

The Department has sent instructions to take photographs of the fish, and secure the skeleton till the Hinemoa can call for it. The Department is also requesting masters of passing vessels to ascertain if "Pelorus Jack" is frequenting his usual haunts.