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Transport Policy & Logistics – Joe Paiva (Adelaide: Australia) “journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” is a common saying that originated from a Chinese proverb. This saying teaches that even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step. I very reluctantly share this narrative. At the very beginning ( 1973..74..75.) life was far from a bed of roses in Adelaide. Adelaide was the backwaters of Australia, as a city then. I remember the Adelade airport being a ‘tin shed’. No international flights operated in and put of Adelaide. It was the days of TAA and Ansett interstate domestic carriers. I had to claw my way up. Number of times I did fall, and had to pull myself up again ( ripped, bleeding finger nails, metaphorically) . It would have been futile to retune home to Ceylon, as I had burnt my bridges ...

Oct 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Joe Paiva Tagged Adelaide, Ceylon, international flights operated, White Australia Policy

FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW – THE ANTHONIANS WHO EXCELLED BEYOND EXCELLENCE – by Bernard VanCuylenburg PROLOGUE. As an introduction to the subject of this article I had to choose a title which nails it all in just one line. It is the story of an academic miracle which emanated from a simple school in its infancy, St.Anthony’s College Katugastota, by a group of students who raised the bar of achievement and excellence in the prestigious London Matriculation Examination in 1934, with a 100% pass rate THUS OBTAINING THE BEST RESULTS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. It was a path breaking year for the College and a validation of the school’s excellence. Twelve students sat the examination that year of whom six obtained first division passes, and six obtained second division passes. Their names which should be emblazoned in letters of gold in the field of education, will be mentioned in this article. Paraphrasing ...

Oct 4, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Bernard VanCuylenburg Tagged British Empire, Ceylon, College, school

“THE CATS & I” – by Des Kelly “I came to Australia in 1962, from Ceylon, my ‘Lovely Island Home’, together with my wife and two very young sons, for one plain & simple reason. This migration on our part was to ‘escape’ the ‘Sinhala-only’ policy brought in by the S.W.R.D. B.Government of the day. However, we walked in, because of one ‘Policy’, straight into another, called ‘The White-Australia Policy’. Speak about these Policies anyway you like, but it ends in a single term called ‘Racism’, which was openly, & unfortunately, rife, in our World of that era. Racism,to me, is a far worse bloody epithet, than any four-letter word that one could even imagine. To me, the sum total of nine plus billion people on this Planet, are ALL the same,(Men, Women and Children)born, to struggle through life, to then pass on into what is hopefully a better place ...

Sep 20, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Ceylon, Des Kelly, White Australia Policy

A Migrants Story – Part 5 The Magic of the Sixties in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) – BY RON PIERIS If you were a teenager or in your early 20s in Ceylon during the Sixties you were very, very fortunate indeed. This was the era of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the British Boy Bands. And catchy words like ‘Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do’! During this period of swinging music, came a young fashionista called Thaku Chugani, an old Peterite and classmate who introduced us to the fashions of Carnaby Street. From his store called Laxhmis, suddenly the men are dressed in daks with shirts of psychedelic colours. Shirts with long cuffs and high collars. Women in mini-skirts emulating Twiggy! Men in bell bottoms and Beatle boots custom made by Bambalapitiya Boot Works. We were on a Magical Mystery Ride!! This was then followed Jac shirts which were ...

Sep 16, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ceylon, Thaku Chugani, The Rolling Stones

“PRECIOUS MEMORIES” – by Des Kelly I remember her so well. It was 1954, one day prior to her 28th birthday, when the most beautiful Queen of the Commonwealth of Nations set foot in Ceylon, with her Prince Consort, Phillip, to review her “troops” before heading on to Aden. Being in The Royal Ceylon Navy at the time, I was lucky enough to get just a glimpse of one of the most beautiful women on Earth, (and she was, believe me), being 18 years old, and in HER ‘Senior Royal Service’, I, like so many others in the Navy, could not take our eyes off her. Queen Elizabeth ll was a veritable picture, outside a golden frame. I was PROUD of her then, going on, to be prouder still, of this very young Queen, going on & on through life, keeping the promise she made to her people, come what ...

Sep 9, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Ceylon, eLanka, King George V1, London, Queen Elizabeth ll

The Queen is dead. Long Live the King! – By Aubrey Joachim Many of us were born in a country whose Head of State then was Queen Elizabeth II. Ceylon was still a fully-fledged member of the Commonwealth with a Governor General her resident representative in Colombo. In fact the Queen visited Ceylon the year I was born and many would have seen pictures of her Majesty visiting the Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. We now live in a country whose Head of State is still the British Monarch. The British Monarchy has existed for over a 1200 years. During this period 61 monarchs have worn the crown. As head of the Commonwealth the Queen was connected to 54 independent nations 14 of whom still have the British Monarch as their Head of State. All of these countries were at some stage a part of the British Empire – the heydays ...

Sep 9, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Aubrey Joachim Tagged Buckingham Palace, Ceylon, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, King Charles, QUEEN, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Britain, Queen visited Ceylon, The British Monarchy

Canada CKFM’s with Carl Banus Live – Patrick Ranasinghe Please check this photo. It is very interesting if fine any more information regarding all Ceylon Broadcasting Programme staff let me know. I have uploaded Video on youtube the recording wad done by my late good friend Vicky Rajalingum in 1972 and send to my when I was living in Ceylon over 50 years ago. Enjoy the Video feel free to forward to your fellow Canadian. ...

Aug 16, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Patrick Ranasinghe Tagged Ceylon, Ceylon Broadcasting Programme, Vicky Rajalingum

FIRST JET AIRCRAFT TO LAND IN SRI LANKA Compiled – By Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd) Annex A – Brief on Gloster Meteor, Page 10 Annex B – Brief on De Havilland Vampire, Page 11 Based on an article by aviation historian and writer Roger Thiedeman in the Sri Lanka Sunday Times of January 30, 2000; plus other material supplied and written by Roger. The day jet planes first came to Ceylon – by Roger Thiedeman (Sri Lanka Sunday Times, January 30, 2000) https://www.sundaytimes.lk/000130/plus10.html Passengers, visitors and those who work at Katunayake airport would be accustomed to the sound of jetliners landing and taking off. The shrill, piercing whine or deafening roar of jet engines is today a familiar backdrop to the bustling activity at Colombo’s aerial gateway. But there was a time when Katunayake knew only the more genteel drone of piston engines and the hum of whirling ...

Aug 4, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ceylon, jetliners landing, Katunayake airport, Negombo airfield’s tarmac

STRINGENT MEASURES TO FIGHT BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. – By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The current economic crisis is exacerbating day after day. People line up in extended queues, although the Government advises not to line up in long rows. The general public does that because they may lose their place in the queue once they leave. Therefore, desperate folk stand in queues day and night and sleep wherever possible because of this problem. The Sri Lankan people have never seen such a predicament in the last 74 years since ‘Ceylon’ gained Independence. Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left Sri Lanka and is in hiding, initially in the Maldives. The latest news is that he has travelled to Singapore, but his permanent residence is still unknown. Also, that US immigration rejected his visa to enter the U.S.! Meanwhile, Basil Rajapaksa, who attempted to flee the country was blocked at the Katunayake airport ...

Jul 27, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Tilak S Fernando Tagged Ceylon, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Katunayake airport, Sri Lankan people, Sri Lanka’s loan payments

26th JUNE IS WELL KNOWN PETERITE CRICKETER DAVID HEYN’s 77th BIRTHDAY Source: SPC Melbourne FB The Melbourne SPC OBU wish David “Happy Birthday” …..and thank him for his contribution to Sri Lanka Cricket. David Heyn, a left-handed middle-order batsman and an outstanding fielder in the covers, was born on this day in 1945. Peter David Heyn, born on 26 June 1945, played for St Peter’s College from 1961 to 1964, captaining the team in 1964. He played for Ceylon/Sri Lanka from 1966 to 1976. Heyn made his international debut for Ceylon in November 1966 when he was selected for the first unofficial four-day Test played at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Heyn, who scored 69 runs against the West Indies in January 1967, stood up courageously to the menacing pace of Hall and King and went on to give an exhibition of quick run making getting his first 25 runs in even ...

Jun 28, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ceylon, D.S. de Silva and D. Vengsarkar, David Heyn, S. Amarnath, Sri Lanka Cricket, St.Peter's College