created somewhat of a sensation by crossing the Sahara on a bicycle. The story of his feat first appeared in the French paper "Lo Matin" which published a letter to the newspaper from a certain Sergear: t 'Tardivel, a French non-commi ed officer in charge of the outpost at Agadez on the Niger. Te scoutmaster, Davar, who is al-tempting to' cycle round the world, iwas accompanied on his Saharan adventure by another cyclist named] Stevanenik. Together the two] travelled from Algiers to Wargla, and from there took 17 days to cover a waterless tract of 450 miles, thei next stopping place _being Insalan; from thence they crossed the Hoggar Mountains to Tamer Rasset, after which they were oh lived to cover the remaining 690 miles to Agadez by camel back, the country being impracticable for cyclists, The cyclists will at Lagos for South Ameri Davar has already accomplished notable feat, having covered 12, 500 miles since he left Bombay.
Warnings for Ai The Meteorological Department!
about to enter on a new set of duties which will come into full force with the inauguration of the new Cairo-Karachi air service, anc for this purpose _proparations have already been made. Thus during the past year the Depart. ment has been closely exa two schemes in connexion with the: supply of weather _information. These schemes, which have not ye! received final sanction, have arisen out of India's undertaking to defray] the cost of providing weather i1- formation in the area roughly re presented by the triangle Karachi-'Aden-Basrah, a region at present provided with very scanty ce munications and indifferc tics for starting ani upper air observatories.
This is not new ground for the department which during the past year has b working a scheme in connexion wit the Royal Air Force Squadrons on the frontier for whom the R.A.F, appointed two meteorologists to start local forecasting centres at!
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