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Nirmalath Mendis — Winner of Juvenile Boys' Singles
Nirmalath Mendis, a 14-year-old student of St. Sebastian's College Moratuwa, who won the Juvenile Boys singles title at the recent Bandarawela tennis meet.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Opening a Jubilee Fancy Bazaar
A jubilee fancy bazaar was held at the Methodist church, Moratumulla, in aid of the building fund of the Methodist Church, Indibedda. Mr. Dixon Mendis opened the bazaar by lighting an oil lamp. With him are Mrs. Mendis and Rev. H. I. Fernando
The Times of Ceylon Press
P.M. and (...) ride on the bull-dozer at the (....)
The Times of Ceylon Press
Dismantling operations being carried on the Indian Airlines Viscount airliner, which skidded into the approach road at Ratmalana Airport last Wednesday. Since then the approach road has been closed to traffic.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Indian Airlines Viscount that crashed yesterday at the Ratmalana Airport. (More pictures on Page 3 and 16)
Daily Mirror
Crowds gather around the Beachcraft aircraft which crashed on the beach bordering the Angulana cemetery yesterday afternoon just after it had taken off from Ratmalana. Report of crash [...] foot of page [...]
The Times of Ceylon Press
The wreckage of a Beachcraft plane [...] U. S. which hit a Coconut tree and crashed on to the cemetery near the beach in Angulana.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Wreckage of the two-seater Balliol trainer which crashed at Katunayake with pilot-officer N. S. Chelvarajan of the Royal Ceylon Air Force.
Lankadeepa
Pilot Officer N. S. Chelvarajan of the Royal Ceylon Air Force was killed when a Balliol trainer in which he took off from Katunayake airport nose-diced about 1/2 a mile away after it had ascended about 400 ft.
The Times of Ceylon Press