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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Futter, William L.
Futter, William L., Coal and Wood Merchant, Mulgrave Street, Wellington. Bankers, Post Office Savings Bank. Established 1881. Mr. Futter was born in Wellington in the year 1848, and is therefore the oldest resident in the trade in the City. Mr. Futter's parents came to Wellington in 1841 in the ship “Lady Nugent.” His father was for many years verger in St. Paul's Episcopalian Church. Mr. Futter was educated locally, and after leaving school found employment driving a cart. Subsequently he took to cab driving, which he found very lucrative in the early days of settlement. After some years experience cab driving, Mr. Futter went to Christchurch, where he worked as a general labourer. Returning, he settled in Wellington, where he opened a business as a coal and wood merchant. In this he now has the help of his son, and with the assistance of a circular saw, two and sometimes three drays and horses, gets through a good deal of business. The section on which the business is carried on, has a frontage of fifty-three feet to Mulgrave Street, and is 180 feet deep, the whole being freehold.