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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. William Nicholls

Mr. William Nicholls, Proprietor of the Kaputone Wool Works and Fellmongery, Belfast, is a native of St. Anstill, Cornwall, England. He came to New Zealand in the sailing ship “Warsprit, and landed at Auckland in 1863. Four years later he removed to Canterbury, where he completed his education and served an apprenticeship to the wool trade under the late Major Hornebrook, with whom he remained for ten years, after completing his term of apprenticeship. Mr. Nicholls started in business in the wool trade at Belfast in 1877, in conjunction with the late Mr. J. M. Watt, under the style of the New Zealand Provision and Produce Company. After Mr. Watt's death Mr. Nicholls took over the wool scouring branch of the business and still carries it on under the style of the Kaputone works. Mr. Nicholls resides on his farm “Springrove,” at Belfast, where he has a very fine residence and one hundred acres of first-rate agricultural land.

Standish and Preece, photo. Mr. W. Nicholls.

Standish and Preece, photo.
Mr. W. Nicholls.