AGENT OF HYMEN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23456, 22 March 1938, Page 10

AGENT OF HYMEN

TEN THOUSAND WEDDINGS A REGISTRAR’S RETIREMENT (Special to Daily Times) AUCKLAND, Mar. 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. has officiated at 10,000 wedtying the knot for 20,000 people I hope I have done something towards adding to the sum of human happiness,” he casually remarked this mornln addition to being registrar of deaths, births, and marriages, Mr Evans is registrar of electors and passport officer. He was private secretary to Mr R. J. Seddon from 1900 to 1902, and private secretary to Sir Joseph Ward from 1902 to 1906/ He left the latter position to become the first chief clerk in the Electoral Department in Wellington. In 1912, while holding the office of deputy-chief electoral officer, he 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, coinprising the whole of the South Island. He was engaged in connection with the Expeditionary Forces election at the camps at Sockburn and Addington in 1914. In 1920 Mr Evans was transferred to Auckland as registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, registrar Of electors. and passport officer. He acted as returning officer for both the Auckland East and Auckland Central electorates at different times, and for the Auckland licensing district prior .to the registration work of the nine Auckland electoral districts being centralised in his office in 1925.