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 – ...
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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 ...
Read More →Have Cricket. Will Reflect. Sanga in Q and A with Rex Rex Clementine, in Sunday Island, 11 June 2017, where the title is “Sanga backs Graham Ford, reveals hard times during captaincy” … with highlights being the impositions of The Editor, Thuppahi Former great Kumar Sangakkara has moved from batting to commentating like a duck taking to water. The transition has been so smooth. Not that he has lost the golden touch with batting or anything Playing for Surrey this year in 2017 he made five First Class hundreds in a row and nearly got a World Record sixth before falling short by 16 runs. Sunday Island sat down with the former Sri Lanka captain for a chat during the Champions Trophy. In this candid interview, he gives his opinions on the state of Sri Lankan cricket, his exploits in county cricket and why Graham Ford is the best man ...
Read More →A Historical ‘Cuppa’ of Ceylon Tea by Victor Melder Ceylon Tea: The Trade That Made a Nation The Colombo Tea Traders’ Association will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Ceylon tea on July 20th with the launch of an illustrated history entitled Ceylon Tea: The Trade That Made a Nation. This art-quality large-format illustrated book has been authored by Richard Simon with Dominic Sansoni as Illustrations Editor, while the design has been fashioned by Sebastian Posingis. Aficionados of Sri Lankan history are in for a treat. A FACEBOOK page is already in place https://www.facebook.com/Sinnedorai/?view_public_for=136713836896307 Ceylon Tea: The Trade that Made a Nation Text by Richard Simon Picture research by Dominic Sansoni Project co-ordination & design by Sebastian Posingis Printed by Tien Wah Press, Singapore 2017 ISBN 978-955-7394-00-8 © The Colombo Tea Traders’ Association 2017 All rights reserved. The pictorial illustrations below are NOT from the book –buy the book to savour ...
Read More →SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – MAY 2017 – Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka Cricket has hired the services of former fast bowling great Alan Donald, known as ‘white lightning’ for the national cricket team’s Champions Trophy campaign to be played in England and Wales next month, SLC announced. Donald (50), South Africa’s greatest fast bowler will arrive in the island today and he is expected to address the media at SLC headquarters on Tuesday. His presence makes Sri Lanka’s coaching staff all South African with Head Coach Graham Ford and Fielding Coach Nic Pothas being the others. Donald will work with the team during the Training and Conditioning Programme that will take place in Kandy from 9th to 16th May. He will travel with the team to England and will participate in the two week training camp in Kent prior to Champions Trophy. Donald has been heavily into coaching ...
Read More →VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2017 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 MAY 2017 BOOKS 1. Vintage Dennis & Robey Vehicles in Sri Lanka, by Ali Azeez, 2014 (Donated by the Author, Piliyandala, Sri Lanka) 2. Wild White Boy, A Story of the Ceylon Jungle by R.L. Spittel, 1958 (Autographed by the Author) (No 2, Donated by David Weinman, Applecross, W.A.) 3. Wind in the Willows, A Sri Lankan’s life in love with Cricket by Ranjan Mellawa, 2017 (Donated by the Author, Bangkok, Thailand) 4. Hena, Wewa & Purana: Ancient Dry Zone Land Use System Evolved by Farmers & Failed ...
Read More →OBITUARIES Compiled by Victor Melder (E & O.E.) (MAY 2017) WELDT – ESME (Nee Nicholas), wife of the late Anton Weldt, mother of Godfrey (Aust), Marie Alahakone, Clarence, Sandra Selvarajah (USA), Bernard, Judy and Tina Karunarathne (USA), mother-in-law of Teckla, Laslie, Shanthi, Eswaran, Bianca and Janaka, grandmother of fifteen and great grandmother of three, in Sri Lanka, on May 1, 2017. – 308/3, Kandy Road, Kadawatha, Sri Lanka. (Daily News 3.5.2017) MOORE – DENNIS HERBERT, husband of Mavis (nee Labrooy), father of Domanie, Honourine (Aust) and Keith, father-in-law of Gamini Arandara, Thushara Gunasinghe (Aust) and Carmeline Maryse. Son of late Mr & Mrs H.L./Moore, son-in-law of late Mr & Mrs C.F.Labrooy. Grandfather of Permy, Sathish, Shaline, Dilinie, Shehan, Ashan, Steve and Christina, in Sri Lanka. – 109, T.C.Road, Kudabuthgamuwa, Kotikawatte. (Daily News 9.5.207) ...
Read More →SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (APRIL 2017) Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka beat the touring Bangladeshi’s by 70 runs to win the third and final ODI, played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Grounds, Colombo. Scores: Sri Lanka – 280/9 in 50 overs (Mendis 54, Perera 52, Tharanga 35, Mortaza 3/65,ahman 2/55, Miraz 1/49, Ahmed 1/50) Bangladesh – 210 in 44.3 overs (Al Hasan 54, Miraz 51, Sarkar 38, Kulasekera 4/37, Prasanna 2/33, Lakmal 2/38, Perera 2/47) 3 match series drawn 1-1 Player of the match: N.L.T.C.Perera (Sri Lanka) Player of the Series: B.K.G.Mendis (Sri Lanka) Bangladesh’s limited-overs captain Mashrafe Mortaza has been suspended for one ODI, and fined 40% of his match fee, for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka in Colombo. It was Mashrafe’s second over-rate penalty in 12 months after he was also sanctioned following the first ODI against New Zealand in Christchurch ...
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