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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Booth, W. and Co
Booth, W. and Co. (>William Booth, J.P.), Saw Millers and Timber Merehants. Office and yards, Waterloo Quay, Wellington. Telephone 171. P.O. Box 205. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Branch at Christchurch. Sawmills, Carterton. Private residence, Carterton. Mr. William Booth, the founder of this large business, is a most enterprising colonist. Some particulars of his career as a member of the Wellington Harbour Board are given on page 317, and as a director of the Bank of New Zealand under the heading “Banking.” Mr. Booth first entered into business as a sawmiller in 1873, in Ohariu Valley, subsequently transferring his plant to the Upper Hutt. In 1874, he commenced cutting in Carterton, Wairarapa, where he has several thousand acres of bush. The mill is replete with the most modern conveniences for sawing, planing, and producing mouldings and other manufactured goods, about thirty to forty hands being employed The Wellington yards of the firm, which are about one third of an acre in extent, contain a large stock of timber, both plain and manufactured. The business of the firm extends throughout the Colony, a large trade being likewise done in the Christchrch yards.