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Louise Bell . Commented on Mattakelle | History of Ceylon Tea

My parents Howard Fitzalan Clayton-Daubeny owned the Mattakelle Tea Plantation prior to returning to Australia in 1939 at the outbreak of WWII. They were married in the Anglican Church in Nuwara Eliya in 1935 and lived in the manager\u2019s house with my brother who was born in 1937. I visited Mattakelle in 2007 with my husband & am in Sri Lanka at the moment hoping to visit again. I am travelling with Macleay Valley Travel who are using the services of Jetwing Travel whilst here - I do hope we can make this possible. Kind regards, Louise Bell

February 23,2019 01:53pm

Ruth Schwantje McAllister . Commented on Robert Boyd Tytler

He was my gt gt grandfather. My gt grandmother was his youngest daughter Katherine Amelia who married Alexander Carnegie Ross. 😁

February 15,2019 07:21pm

Shiela Jatulan . Commented on C.W. Bowles | History of Ceylon Tea

Charles W Bowles..Died 17th..Dec..1896..Age 40...Buried 18th Dec..St Mark's Church...Badulla..Grave..211...By me H.L.Wait...Charles W Bowles..of Eladaluwa Estate...

February 10,2019 05:33am

Wimalanath Wickremesooriya . Commented on J D S Wickremesooriya & Co by D. Hemannath Wickremesooriya

INCYCISWAEDIA OF CEYLON \n\n79. TEA CENTE\"A tY YEAR SOUVENIR Messers- J. D. S. Wickramasooriya Co. TALAWAKELLE, CE `k LON. \nLate Mudaliyar J. D. S. Wickramasooriya. \nThe firm of Messers J. D S. Wickramasooriya & Co. was founded by the father of the present Proprietors, the late Mudaliyar J. D. S. Wickramasooriya in the year 1898. The present managing partnersof the firm are Messrs Francis and Lionel Wickramasooriya, both of whom are Justices of the Peace of the District. Messrs Wickramasooriya's firm which is one of the oldest on the Hills, incidentally completes fifty years of its existence and service to the public in the year 1948, which may aptly be termed the year oT--,the Golden Jiiibilee of its inauguration. The founder of the firm Mudaliyar J. D. S. Wickramasooriya from /1.*:oro-alangoda, and it was unquestionably due to his honest industry and indefategable effor .s, that the firm was establised on a sound working basis in the days long gone. Mudaliyar Wickr,70asooriya was a pioneer in business, who lived in the Golden Age of Lanka and he - possessed a keen piercing intellect and some Business Acumen. He was also a Philanthrr fist, who did much in his day to ameliorate the condition -pf the masses in h.s area. He passed away n the 7th of July 1948. Delving into the Record of the dr..i's Bu%;;,ess, we find that their principal litzes have been and are, Transport Work and Building Cc-7-s44-C.ticr-f As Building Contractors, they hold 'A unique and unrivalled position in the District and as Transport Agents at Talawakelle, 14 ton k .-iagala, their name is a household word, even in remote parts of the Island. \nMessrs Wickramasooriya's are also for the Standard Vaccum Oil Co., qawalapitiya, Hatton, Katagala and Watawala. Mr. Franck:- Wi,:kremasooriya J. P. is a Director of mad Mr. Lionel Wickremasoliriya J. P. is the Managing Director of4the Madhyama Lanka Bus Co. Ltd. In ecognition of the valuable . ervices of Mr. Lionel Wickremas.ioriya, Managing Director of the firm of M ssrs Wickra- masooriya & Talawakelle, who rende -.1 signal service during the floods, by offering his entire fleet of Buses and Lorries, to do all Transport work during the critical period, without gain or profit, he was unanimously Electled an honorary member of the Dimbula Planters' Association. As torwarding and and Transport Agents even during the war their services were invaluable. The- ..re Transport Agents with an Island wide reputation. \n\u2022 r \n` \u2022 \n\n79. TEA CENTE\"A tY YEAR SOUVENIR Messers- J. D. S. Wickramasooriya Co. TALAWAKELLE, CE `k LON. \nLate Mudaliyar J. D. S. Wickramasooriya. \nThe firm of Messers J. D S. Wickramasooriya & Co. was founded by the father of the present Proprietors, the late Mudaliyar J. D. S. Wickramasooriya in the year 1898. The present managing partnersof the firm are Messrs Francis and Lionel Wickramasooriya, both of whom are Justices of the Peace of the District. Messrs Wickramasooriya's firm which is one of the oldest on the Hills, incidentally completes fifty years of its existence and service to the public in the year 1948, which may aptly be termed the year oT--,the Golden Jiiibilee of its inauguration. The founder of the firm Mudaliyar J. D. S. Wickramasooriya from /1.*:oro-alangoda, and it was unquestionably due to his honest industry and indefategable effor .s, that the firm was establised on a sound working basis in the days long gone. Mudaliyar Wickr,70asooriya was a pioneer in business, who lived in the Golden Age of Lanka and he - possessed a keen piercing intellect and some Business Acumen. He was also a Philanthrr fist, who did much in his day to ameliorate the condition -pf the masses in h.s area. He passed away n the 7th of July 1948. Delving into the Record of the dr..i's Bu%;;,ess, we find that their principal litzes have been and are, Transport Work and Building Cc-7-s44-C.ticr-f As Building Contractors, they hold 'A unique and unrivalled position in the District and as Transport Agents at Talawakelle, 14 ton k .-iagala, their name is a household word, even in remote parts of the Island. \nMessrs Wickramasooriya's are also for the Standard Vaccum Oil Co., qawalapitiya, Hatton, Katagala and Watawala. Mr. Franck:- Wi,:kremasooriya J. P. is a Director of mad Mr. Lionel Wickremasoliriya J. P. is the Managing Director of4the Madhyama Lanka Bus Co. Ltd. In ecognition of the valuable . ervices of Mr. Lionel Wickremas.ioriya, Managing Director of the firm of M ssrs Wickra- masooriya & Talawakelle, who rende -.1 signal service during the floods, by offering his entire fleet of Buses and Lorries, to do all Transport work during the critical period, without gain or profit, he was unanimously Electled an honorary member of the Dimbula Planters' Association. As torwarding and and Transport Agents even during the war their services were invaluable. The- ..re Transport Agents with an Island wide reputation. \n\u2022 r \n` \u2022

February 08,2019 06:09am