OBITUARIES (E & O.E.) (NOVEMBER 2023) ARULANANTHASAMY, Sarathadevi, ( 02. 06 1944 – 31. 10 2023) , in Sydney. 39 Oklahoma Ave Toongabbie NSW 2146, Australia. (Tamil Thakaval, 3.11.2023) PERERA, Joan (née ATTON), wife of late Darlan Perera, mother of Domani and Spencer Manuelpillai, Desline and Sanjeewa Attanayake and Damian, grandmother of Siobhan, Thavisha, Shontaal, Gavishka and Avisha. Sister of Margie, Sheila, Barbara, Loxly and Conrad and of late George, Eva, Connie, Olean, Carmen, Doreen, Sydney and Brinsley. Daily News, 4.11.2023) BULNER, Glen, (29.2.1944 – 27.10.2023), husband of Fay, father and father-in-law of Jason and Mandy, Debbie and Tom, grandfather of Layla, Patrick, Joel, Ella and Ashleigh. (West Australian, 4.11.2023) LUDOVICI, Lawrance, Brother of Amy (dec), husband of Hazel; former spouse of Patricia, father of Charlotte, David, Richard and Isabelle, grandfather of Emily, Dominic, Madeleine, Alexander, Oliver, Julia and Charlie, in Canberra on November 2, 2023, aged 86 years. (West Australian, ...
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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, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023 BOOKS. Sri Lanka, Paradise Lost Paradise Regained by Michael Naseby, 2020 (Donated by Jeremy De Lima, Vermont South, Vic) Reg Van Cuylenburg, Catalogue of Photos and Paintings, 2020 (Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic) Elephantine Tales & Other Anecdotes from the National Parks of Sri Lanka, 2023 Journey Through Colombo, A Pictorial Guide to the Gateway of Heavenly Sri Lanka by Suna Kanga, 2023 The Magic of Sri Lanka by Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne, 2005 (No’s 3 – 5, Donated by Lalith Seneviratne, ...
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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, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 BOOKS. The Virtuous Weed, Weeds by Name only, not Weed by Nature by Dr Nimal R. Chandrasena. (Donated by the Author, Winthrop, W.A.) Stay, Daughter – A Memoir of Muslim Girlhood by Yasmin Azad, 202 (Donated by Dr Firazath Hussain, Galle, Sri Lanka. Conveyed to Melbourne by Buddhika Samarakkody, Glen iris, Vic) Sri Lanka, War Stories by Stephen Champion, 2008. (Donated by Ajit St John, Meadow Heights, Vic) MAGAZINES. Lanka Monthly Digest, International, July – September 2023 Lanka Monthly Digest, International, October – December 2023, ...
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (OCTOBER 2023) Compiled by Victor Melder Bangladesh best Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the ICC World Cup Warm-Up Match, played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. Scores: Sri Lanka – 263 in 49.1 Overs (Nissanka 68, de Silva 55, Perera 34, Hasan 3/36) Bangladesh – 264/3 in 42 Overs (Hasan 84, Miraz 67no, Das 61, Rahim 35no, Kumara 1/30 Sri Lanka Skipper Dasun Shanaka will not take part in today’s warm-up game against Afghanistan, as the all-rounder is recovering from a ‘strain’ he experienced on his left elbow following the earlier game against Bangladesh. Shanaka is under medical treatment and is in the process of recovery. Meanwhile, Kusal Janith Perera, who experienced pain on his ‘right shoulder’, during Sri Lanka’s warm-up game against Bangladesh, is currently under medical treatment and is in the process of recovery. In addition, Maheesh Theekshana, who did not travel with ...
Oct 31, 2023
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SRI LANKA NEWS (OCTOBER 2023) Compiled by Victor Melder. The ban on single-use and short-term use plastics is scheduled to come into effect from tomorrow, 1st October, said the Central Environment Authority (CEA). A gazette notification issued on 19 July 2023 by the Minister of Environment has banned any use of nine plastic products. It prohibits the use of the single-use drinking. Accordingly, the use of those items in any process including manufacturing, and importation for local use, sale, offering for sale, displaying for sale, offering free of charge or exhibiting them will be prohibited with effect from October 01, 2023. CEA chairman Supun S. Pathirage said legal action will be taken against the violators in terms of the provisions of the National Environmental Act and measures will be taken to carry out related raids from tomorrow. (Colombo Page, 1.10.2023) Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in ...
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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, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023 BOOKS. Pride Without Prejudice, An Inspiring Life by Beverley Pinder, 2023 (Donated by the Author, Melbourne) Links in a Memorable Chain, Sri Lanka – Australia by Maryann Ferdinands-Grigson, 2021 (Donated by the Author, Noble Park, Vic, courtesy of Roderic Grigson, Botanic Ridge, Vic) MAGAZINES. Social Justice, Vol 46, No 203, August/September 2023, The Centre for Society & Religion, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Donated by the Editor-in-Chief, Shanthikumr Hettiarachchi, Colombo, Sri Lanka) NEWSLETTERS Newsletter, Burgher Association (Australia) Inc, Spring Edition, September 2023. Newsletter of the Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), ...
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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, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023 BOOKS. 1. Faith of Our Fathers, The Dutch Reformed Church in Sri Lanka by S.D.Franciscus, 1983 2. Memories Do Not Die, by a Lawyer, E.M.M.Wijerama, 2011 3. Sambol + by Sunethra Rajakarunanayake, 2005 4. A Return to Rhyme and Other Lines by Carl Muller, 2009. 5. On Horseshoe Street, More Tales from the Provinces, 2006 (No’s 1 – 5, Donated by Cherise Pereira, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, brought to Aust by Stefan D’ Silva, Sunshine, Vic ...
Aug 31, 2023
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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, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023 BOOKS. A Maiden’s Prayer, A Family Story set in 1970’s Sri Lanka by Srianthi Perera, 2020 (Donated by the Author, Chandler, Arizona, USA vide Shiro Siriwardena, Keysborough, Vic) The Island Story by Maureen Seneviratne, 2000. Selected Essays by Maureen Seneviratne, The Story of Life, Man on Planet Earth, Letters to Mathew by Maureen Seneviratne, 2007. Journal of the End Time, Extracts from a Diary by Maureen Seneviratne, 2004. Some Facets of Sri Lanka by Maureen Seneviratne, 1985. Some Women of the Mahawamsa and Chulawamsa by Maureen ...
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OBITUARIES (E & O.E.) (JULY 2023) VANDERWERT, Churchill Frederick, (4.10.1940 – 23.05.2023), Dearest husband of Heather, devoted father of Paul, Glenn & Rosalie Father-in-law to Carl, Antoinette and Lynsey. Loving Grandpa to Josh, Caleb, Ella, Asher, Louis, Piper, Abby and Eden. (Contributed) GONSAL, Dugald, OBE (12.04.1935 – 19.06.2023), father of Karen, Nadine and Kim and grandfather to 10 grandchildren, in the UK.. (eLanka News.) HENDERLING, Donald Edward, husband of Rena, father and father-in-law of Jeremy, Tania and Mark Nicol and Mark & Joanne, grandfather of Katie, Joshua, Sam and Isaac. Brother of Elmo (dec), Kingsley (dec), Noeline, Marlene (dec), Eva (dec), Ronald (dec), Esther and Patricia, in Brisbane on June 20, 2023, aged 94 years. (Silvefawn Newsetter) PERERA, Menuli, daughter of Anton Prasantha Perera and Shyamali Liyanage, in Brisbane on June 6, 2023, aged 10 years (Daehaen Newsletter, Qld) KOCH, Jan Godfried ‘John/Jack’, husband of Tammy, father & father-in-law ...
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – MAY 2023 THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023 BOOKS. Buddhist Diplomacy, Sri Lanka – Thailand Relations by Dr George I.H. Cooke, 2022 (Donated by the Author, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka, conveyed to Australia by Kevin Melder,. Dalkeith, WA) The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, 2022. ...
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