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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Scoular, W., and Co
Scoular, W., and Co. , Merchants and General Importers, Corner of Bond, Jetty, and Crawford Streets, Dunedin. Telephone, 72, P.O. Box, 2. Bankers, Bank of New South Wales. This prominent mercantile house was originally established in 1861 by Messrs. Andrew, James, and William Scoular. On the death of Mr. Andrew Scoular in Melbourne in 1864, the title was altered to W. and J. Scoular, under which the business was conducted till 1882; in that year Mr. James Scoular retired from the firm, which has ever since been conducted as W. Scoular and Co. Mr. W. Scoular's death by drowning, together with that of his wife and two daughters, on the occasion of the wreck of the ill-fated S.S. “Wairarapa” at the Great Barrier Island in October, 1894, was a great shock to his numerous friends page 354 and acquaintances throughout the Colony. The business of the firm is under the management of Mr. John Maloney, an executor under Mr. Scoular's will, for the benefit of the orphaned children.