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 NOVEMBER 2019 BOOKS The History of Royal College, 2019 (Donated by Senaka Weeraratne, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka) Lions of Sri Lanka, Cricket – An Island Passion, Featuring the 30 Greatest Cricketers, LMD Publication, May 2019 (Donated by Roland de Silva, Media Services (Pvt) Ltd, LMD, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka) Cultures of the World: Sri Lanka by Nanda Pethiyagoda Wanasundera, 2002 Sri Lanka, a Travel Survival Kit by Tony Wheeler, 1982. Tamil Tigress by Derek Bartholomeusz, 1997. Island of a Thousand Mirrors, by Nayomi Munaweera, 2012. (No’s 3 – 6, Donated by Cuthbert Lethbridge, ...
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OBITUARIES Compiled by Victor Melder (E & O.E.) (OCTOBER 2019) VAN STARREX – HANS ANTON, son of late Mr Hans Andreas Van Starrex and Gertrud Therese Van Starrex, in Sri Lanka. (Daily News, 1.10.2019) JURIANSZ – LORENZO (SHANNON), aged 21 years, tragically in Melbourne. (Contributed) AMBROSE – ANTHONY (TONY), in Melbourne (Contributed) PIETERSZ- KENNETH (KENNY), in Melbourne. (Contributed) MARCELINE – MARK, husband of Sonia, father of Dina, Anil, Nirmali, Zaneta and Sanayi, grandfather of Ashani, Nicolai, Camila, Marco and Marianna, great grandfather of Troy. Brother of Hedy and the late Frances, Greg, Annette, Bertha, Bernie, Billy and Hilary, in Sri Lanka. (Daily News, 2.10, 2019) FOENANDER – OLGA (nee Gerreyn), daughter of the late Joe & Nita Gerreyn. Wife of Gordon (Weenie), mother of Karen Foenander and Denise Greep, grandmother of Jake Greep. Sister of the late Crosby, Annesley, Flo, Doreen, Lucien, Genevieve, Rita, Stelmond, Trixie and of Phyllis, ...
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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 OCTOBER 2019 BOOKS Ivor Beven, ‘Fieldview’ and Beyond by Joanne Russo, 2017 (Donated by Michael Roosmale-Cocq, Elanora, Qld) Kachchativu: and the Maritime Boundary of Sri Lanka by W. T. Jayasinghe, 2003 (Donated H. E: W.P.S.Prasanna Gamage, Sri Lanka Ambassador to Vietnam) The Empire’s Other Anzacs, The Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, by Lieutenant Colonel Neil. C. Smith, AM, 2014 MAGAZINES NEWSLETTERS. “Thorathuru”, News Magazine, Sri Lanka Association of New South Wales Inc , 2019 First Half issue Newsletter of the Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 37, Issue 4, October 2019. ...
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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 2019 BOOKS New Buddhist Extremism and the Challenges to Ethno-Religious Coexistence in Sri Lanka by Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri, 2016 (Donated by Channa Wickremasinghe, Glen Waverley) MAGAZINES NEWSLETTERS. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc, Spring Newsletter, September 2019. “Silverscene”, Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club, Qld, Issue: September/October 2019 “The Vine”, Evergreen’s Newsletter, Operation Hope, August 2019. “The Harbinger”, Family Magazine of the Australia / Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc (ASWG), Vol 44, No 4, September 2019. “Floreat”, Newsletter, Royal College Old Boy’s Association Australia, September 2019. OTHERS. “The Role ...
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (SEPTEMBER 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder The touring New Zealanders, defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets, to win the first T20 International, played at Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium, Kandy. Scores: Sri Lanka – 174/4 in 20 Overs (Mendis 79, Dickwella 33, Southee 2/20, Santner 1/22) New Zealand – 175/5 in 19.3 Overs (Taylor 48, Grandhomme 44, Mitchell 25no, de Silva 2/21, Malinga 2/23, Dananjaya 1/30) Player of the Match: Ross Taylor (New Zealand) T20 debut: Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) The touring New Zealanders, defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wickets, to win the second T20 International, played at Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium, Kandy. Scores: Sri Lanka – 161/9 in 20 Overs (Dickwella 39, Fernando 37, Mendis 26, Rance 3/33, Southee 2/18, Kuggleijn 2/38, Sodhi 1/34) New Zealand – 165/6 in 19.4 Overs (Grandhomme 59, Bruce 53, Dananjaya 3/36, Udana 1/18, de Silva 1/32) Player ...
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SRI LANKA NEWS (SEPTEMBER 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder. Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves were 8,532.6 million US dollars by the end of August, up from 8,343.9 million US dollars in July, latest Central Bank data showed. By the end of August, foreign currency reserves were 7,494.7 million dollars while the reserve position in the IMF was 65.5 million dollars. Special Drawing Rights were 14.5 million, reserves in Gold were 956.8 million and other reserve assets were 1.1 million US dollars. The outstanding stock of T-bills and T-bonds held by foreigners decreased by 0.45 percent during the week compared to the previous week. During the year up to 6th September 2019, the Sri Lanka rupee has appreciated against the US dollar by 1.2 percent. (Daily Island, 9.9.2019) The first-ever anti-venom serum developed in Sri Lanka to treat snake bites victims is expected to be introduced to ...
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OBITUARIES Compiled by Victor Melder (E & O.E.) (SEPTEMBER 2019) BAINES – EVA DOROTHY (nee Hawke), wife of Robert “Sonnie” (dec), mother and mother-in-law of Allan (dec), Trevor & Doreen, Kenny & Marguerite, Ronnie & Jacinth and Marcia. Grandmother of Tanya, Adam, Khyam and Kesh, great grandmother of 7, in Qld on August 8, 2019, aged 100 years. (Brisbane Courier Mail, 15.8.2019) GAUDER – YVONNE (nee Vanderwert), wife of late Robyn Gauder, in Melbourne. (Contributed) RAYMOND – RUSSELL OAM, husband of Shirley, father of Chris, Carmie, Anthony and Subi, father-in-law of John, Bryan, Jenni and Rhonda, grandfather of Nicholas, Sam, Alex, Ruby, Danny, Mayah and Charlie, in Perth, on August 25, 2019. (The West Australian, 27.8.2019) COOPER – MICHELLE, wife of Terry, mother of Michael and Jy, mother-in-law of Ebonie and Amica, grandmother of Jaxon. Daughter of Hilarion and Pam Caspersz, sister of Jacqueline, Elise, Vanessa, Amarilla and Jerome, ...
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 AUGUST 2019 BOOKS To Wage War Against the Queen (The Coup d’etat of January 27, 1962) by Dorothy Ludowyk Joseph, Facsimile, 2001 (Donated by Kevin Melder, Dalkeith, WA) Lost in Floral Rain Journey of a Medical Student by Pushpa Suriyaarchchi, 2019. Contemporary Tamil Writing in Sri Lanka by K.S.Sivakumaran, 1974 Kings of Sri Lanka, From Vijaya to Sri Wickrama Rajasingha by D.M.Karunarathna, 2005. Plead Mercy by Anne Ranasinghe, 1975 The Golden Deer by Premini Amerasinghe (No’s 2 – 6, Donted by Samantha Sirimane Hyde, Denistone, NSW Lions of Sri Lanka, Cricket ...
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OBITUARIES: Compiled by Victor Melder (E & O.E.) (AUGUST 2019) ARASANAYAGAM – JEAN (nee Solomons), wife of Arasanayagam, mother of Parvathi and Devasundari, mother-in-law of John Gunter. Sister of the late Pat Solomons and Rosemary Emery, in Sri Lanka. (Daily News 2.8.2019) DIAS – CORDELIA (LULIN) FLORISHA (nee Jackson), wife the late George Dias, mother of late Melvyn, Nalini, Noel Tyrone, Corrine (all Aust) and Barbara, mother-in-law of Francis perera and Charles Gunasekera, grandmother of Sean, Nadia, Roger, Tamara, Jessica, Yannick and Julian, great grandmother of AJ, Jordan, Cruz and Indiana, in Sri Lanka aged 100 years. (Daily News 3.8.2019) ARNDT – GEORGE ARTHUR RICHARD, husband of Jeanne, father of Arlene, Sandy and Stuart, father-in-law of David, Johnny and Jayne, grandfather of Emily, Andrew and Tom, in Perth, WA. (The West Australian, 7.8.2019) LEONARD – MARYSE, (16.04.1979 – 03.08.2019) daughter of Vernon and the late Marina, in Melbourne. ...
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (AUGUST 2019)Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to terminate the contract of Chandika Hathurusingha, the Head Coach of the national cricket team, after the two parties failed to come to a mutual agreement to sever ties. Following the ICC Cricket World Cup where Sri Lanka finished sixth, SLC had indicated to the Head Coach that they were looking for a replacement but Hathurusingha was interested in staying on till the end of his contract in December 2020. SLC had agreed to pay him six months of his salary to bring an early end to the contract but Hathurusingha maintained that he could still help development of players. Hathurusingha is expected to fight his case in courts, much like Geoff Marsh, who successfully sued SLC eight years ago after being unceremoniously dumped from his job. Interestingly, it took Marsh four weeks since ...
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