Still In Harness

NZ Truth, Issue 1213, 28 February 1929, Page 6

Still In Harness

QHOULD you wander into the Te Aro >D book shop m Courtenay Place, Wellington, m search of a copy by some favorite author, and it is not m stock, then an obliging and alert proprietor will soon procure it for you. R. C. O'Connor, director of this complete little Arcadia of books, is not the man to say: "No, we haven't got it," and let it go at that. "Service" is one of his strong characteristics. Once R.C.O'C. gains a customer he never loses him. His genial affability and downright optimism see to that. He was once an officer m the postal department, but -was . loaned to the National Provident Fund, for whom he did yeoman service. When superannuation time came along,. O'Connor considered himself (and with some justification) too active a man, both physically and mentally, to sink back into the doldrums of life. That was why he hopped into business on his own account. The shop and the up-to-date library he runs are a striking example of the success he has made of it.