VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2017 BOOKS Ceylon Tea, The Trade That Made A Nation by Richard Simon, 2017. (Donated by Dr Rohan Pethiyagoda, Chairman, Ceylon Tea Board, Colombo, Sri Lanka) Fistful of Folly by E.C.T.Candappa, 2017 (Donated by Ms Nimmi Candappa, North Dandenong, Vic) MAGAZINES NEWSLETTERS “Outreach” Newsletter, Voluntary Outreach Club Inc (VOC), Melbourne. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc (BAA), September News Bulletin, Spring 2017. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc (BAA), Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017/2018 “The Harbinger”, Family Magazine, Australia / Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc (ASWG), Vol 42, No 4, August 2017. ...
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OBITUARIES: Compiled by Victor Melder (E & O.E.) (SEPTEMBER 2017) ISAAC – PAUL PETER, son of Mr & Mrs Peter, in Sri Lanka on September 1, 2017. (Sunday Observer 3.9.20170 FERNANDESZ – VIRGINIA (nee Schokman), wife of Anton, mother of Ramona and Jackie, mother-in-law of Tyronne Francisco (Italy), grandmother of Ryan, Marianne and Shashi. Daughter of late Cecil and Nunnie, daughter-in-law of late Mervyn and Ada, sister of Anton and Joyce, sister-in-law of Elizabeth, Carmen and Jennifer (SL), Elmo, Carmel, Benny, Celine, Franklin, June, Walter and Doris (Aust), in Sri Lanka. – 530/3, Lake Way Terrace, Lake Road, Wickramasinghepura, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. (Daily News 5.9.2017) DURAISAMY – GORDON JEYARATNAM, husband of Caterine, father of Suhen and Nirmala (Aust), Ravin and Dharshana (Can), grandfather of Manju and Michael, Jeshu and late Roshi, Jerry and Noah, great grandfather of Sebastian and Isabela. Brother and brother-in-law of late Sam and Lily (Can), Nesam and late ...
Read More →SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (SEPTEMBER 2017) Compiled by Victor Melder Alleging that the army continued to hold about 85,000 acres of land in the North, Northern Province Chief Minister and former Supreme Court judge C.W. Wigneswaran, sought the intervention of most Ven. Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera of Malwatte Chapter to shift troops out those lands. CM Wigneswaran claimed that only about 5,000 acres had been so far released to their original owners. The Chief Minister placed the strength of the army deployed in the Northern Province at 150,000. Asserting that there was no requirement to maintain such a large force in the Northern Province, Wigneswaran called for their removal. The Mahanayake thera told the CM to make representations to President Maithripala Sirisena as he could solve the problem. The prelate emphasised that the army could not be removed from the Northern Province. CM Wigneswaran told the Mahanayake that ...
Read More →Chairman Colombo Rubber Traders Association, ( CRTA) Sunil Poholiyadde said recently at the Annual General Meeting (AGM ) of the CRTA that the current performance of the industry was not at optimum. Comparing crop performances in 2015 and 2016 he reported a 79 million kilo drop in production in 2016. Additionally, he also expressed surprise at a very nearly 50 percent drop in production of natural rubber . He confirmed that 70 percent rubber originated from rubber small holders, who did not work their lands because of poor prices last year, seriously affecting production. Prices dropped to Rs. 200. per kilo which rendered such lands liabilities than assets. Additionally, small holders are now felling their rubber trees for timber for the lucrative furniture market. Consequences of such action will gravely affect production. Long term effects would be detrimental to the rubber industry. Poholiadda also said about 2500 hectares have been ...
Read More →BOLLING – TARA, wife of late Ralph Bolling, mother of Jeremy, David and Julian, mother-in-law of Prahashani and Nicola, grandmother of Deon, Georgi, Jordan and Jade. Sister of Rhuni, Oosha and Dijen, sister-in-law of Chantal and of late Maithree and Neil, in Sri Lanka. – 72, 5th Lane, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka. (Daily News 3.8.2017) GOONAWARDENA – VANITHA, wife of the late Somadasa Goonawardena, mother and mother-in-law of Nayana and Johanne De Mel, Sunethra and Bandula Manodara, Deepa and Jayantha Gangoda and Duminda and Shyama Gonnewardena. Grandmother of 12, great grandmother of 2, in Sydney on August 6, 2017, aged 82 years. (Contributed) CHELLLAPPAH – ANNALAKSHMI, wife of late Rajasuriar Chellappah, mother and mother-in-law of Chelvy & Ranga, Nimal & Lakshmi, Shanti & Shivantha, Naren & Nandi, grandmother of 11, great grandmother of 16, in Sydney on August 4, 2017. (Daily News 7.8.2017) GOODCHILD – DULCIE BEATRICE, ...
Read More →Visit to Victorian Immigration Museum by Victor & Esther (June) Melder Visit of Victor & Esther (June) Melder, with some of the family to the Victorian Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne, on Sunday, August 13, 2017, to view the exhibition of the 13 Sri Lankan personalities on display. This exhibition runs until August 31, 207, when it will move to Sydney. Opening hours 10.00am – 5.00pm every day (including weekends) ...
Read More →LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – JULY 2017 Victor Melder VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2017 BOOKS 1. The Doomed King, A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha by Gananath Obeysekere, 2017 (Donated by Dr Quintus de Zilva, Moorabbin, Vic) 2. Lalith Athulathmudali Assassination, The Whole Truth, Includes Scotland Yard Report by Prof. Ravindra Fernando, 2017 (Donated by Mr Mohamed Iqbal, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand) NEWSLETTERS 1. “Silverscene”, Newsletter of the Silver fawn Club Inc, Queensland, July/August 2017. 2. Newsletter, The Burgher Welfare League of WA Inc, Vol 28.1, July 2017. OTHER 1. Kabristan Archives CD – St Stephen’s Church, Trincomalee records – ...
Read More →SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – JULY 2017 Compiled by Victor Melder The touring Zimbabweans beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win the first One Day International, played at Galle International Stadium. Scores Sri Lanka – 316/5 in 50 Overs (Mendis 86, Tharanga 79no, Gunathilaka 60, Mathews 43, Chatara 2/49, Mire 1/47, Williams 1/57) Zimbabwe – 322/4 in 47.4 Overs (Mire 96, Raza 67no, Williams 65, Waller 40no, Gunaratne 2/45, Malinga 1/51, Danajaya 1/61) Player of the match: Solomon Mira (Zimbabwe) Sri Lanka beat the touring Zimbabweans by 7 wickets to win the second One Day International, played at Galle International Stadium. Scores: Zimbabwe – 155 in 33.4 Overs (Masakadza 41, Ervine 41, Waller 38, Sandakan 4/52, de Silva 3/15, Gunathilaka 1/9, Pradeep 1/18) Sri Lanka – 158/3 in 30.1 Overs (Dickwella 35, Tharanga 75no, Mathews 28no, Chatra 2/33, Cremer 1/46) ODI debuit: P.W.H de Silva (Sri Lanka) ...
Read More →SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF – JULY 2017 Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka’s tax revenues rose 25.6 percent to 554.2 billion rupees in the first four months of 2017 from a year earlier, helped by value added taxes, though excise revenues fell amid sharp hikes in tobacco and alcohol levies, official data shows. Taxes were short of ambitious targets set for the first four months of 576.5 billion rupees, but actual revenues were very sharply up from a year earlier on key categories, amid reforms in administration and value added tax. Net value added taxes after refunds rose 91 percent to 152.3 billion rupees. The current administration ended many exemptions to value added tax including alcohol and tobacco and hiked the rate to a single 15 percent rate which makes administration easy. Value added tax on domestic products jumped 88.6 percent to 96.811 billion rupees, revenues from nation building ...
Read More →VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY – ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2017 VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2017 BOOKS 1. The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lana Cricket, 1832 – 1996 by S.S.Perera, 1999. 2. The Times of Ceylon Annual, 1979 3. Links Between Sri Lanka & the Netherlands, A Book of Dutch Ceylon by R.L. Brohier, 1978 4. Some Friends in Profile by H.A.J.Hulugalle, 1989 5. Assorted collection of ‘Journals of the Dutch Union of Ceylon’. 6. Wesley College, Colombo, ‘The Double Blue 1975 – 1985’. 7. The Bamba we Knew, 2005 8. ‘The Double Blue’ Diamond Jubilee ...
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