OFFICIATED AT 10,000 WEDDINGS

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 150, 22 March 1938, Page 13

OFFICIATED AT 10,000 WEDDINGS

Auckland Registrar’s Record MR. F. EVANS ABOUT TO RETIRE Dominion Special Service. Auckland, March 21. During a period of 26 years as registrar of births, deaths and marriages at Auckland and Christchurch, Mr. Frank Evans, registrar at Auckland, who is to retire on superannuation on March 31, officiated at 10,000 weddings? "By tying the knot for 20,000 people I hope I have done something toward adding to the sum of human happiness,” he remarked this morning. In addition to being registrar of deaths, births and marriages, Mr. Evans is registrar of electors and passport officer. He was private secretary to the late lit. Hon. 11, J. Seddon from 1900 to 1902 and jTrivate secretary to the .late Sir Joseph Ward from 1902 to 1906. He left the latter position to become first chief clerk in the Electoral Department, Wellington in 1912. While bolding the office of deputy-chief electoral officer, Mr. Evans was appointed to the post of registrar of births, deaths and marriages at Christchurch. He was also registrar of electors and returning officer for Christchurch North and registrar for the Southern Maori electorate, comprising the whole of the South Island.

In 1920 he was transferred to Auckland as registrar of births, deaths and marriages, registrar of. electors and passport officer. He also acted as returning officer for both Auckland East and Auckland Central elecorates at different times and for the Auckland licensing district prior to the registration work of nine Auckland electoral districts being centralised in his office .in 1Q25,