Eric's Mecca

NZ Truth, Issue 1187, 30 August 1928, Page 6

Eric's Mecca

T7VERY man who has m his being the ill faintest semblance of ambition, cherishes the hope of attaining some little Mecca, some higher edifice, from which he may look back upon his smaller, yet . incidental successes and be grateful to those personal exertions over which some Providence has governance. ; And so it is with Eric Rhodes, since his appointment as reputy registrar of the Supreme Court at Wellington was When first he commenced to scrutinize the dotted-line , scrawls of solicitors and others who ranged, on the other side of ' the counter, Eric looked a few leagues ahead of himself, and, like the cat sitting before the king's throne, said nothing. Perhaps his, chief attribute as a public servant is his undemonstrative good nature; a flair for smoothing over petty annoyances and a faculty for sensing: the requirements of those who may not clearly have explained their needs. It is a pleasure to have met him, deepened by the thought that.his ability has' been so apprised and recognized, by his department. '.