Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Wiggins, William, Importer and Manufacturer of Saddlery, Harness, etc. (wholesale and retail), 77 Lambton Quay, page 702 Wellington. Telephone 87. P.O. Box 262. Bankers, Union Bank of Australia. Private residence, Featherston Terrace. House telephone 298. Mr. Wiggins has been well known as a prominen business man in Wellington for about thirty-five years past. In 1866 he landed in Wellington, with the intention of settling in Canterbury, but an opportunity occurred which resulted in the establishment of the present business, in November of the same year. The business then founded has developed amazingly, and about three years ago the handsome three story shop and factory, of which an engraving is given herewith, was erected in Lambton Quay, to the order of Mr. Wiggins, to accommodate his growing trade. The ground floor front—used as a shop and show room—has large plate glass windows, and contains a heavy stock of saddlery and harness, mountings, and other goods; the two floors above serving for storage and warehouse purposes for manufactured goods. The factory is situated at the back, separated from the shop by fireproof floors, which are also used to divide the various rooms from each other. The plant consists of the latest machinery required in the trade. Mr. Wiggins finds the locally-manufactured leather the best for the purposes of his trade; but he imports special varieties, and other materials that are needed.