BROADSIDING
* PUTT MOSSMAN ARRIVES WITH TEAM (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.* WELLINGTON, December 8. Putt Mossman. the American speedway rider, arrived to-day by the Makura with a team of riders to take part in the dirt-track season in New Zealand. He is looking forward to racing, and it is his opinion that the team is better equipped than the team he brought last season, and will make a good showing. With Mossman are his brother, E. Mossman (holder of the American championship).'his sister, Dessie Mossman, Ray Grant, “Pee Wee” Cullum, and two New Zealanders who have linked up with him, Dick Lawson (Wellington) and J. Hobson (Christchurch). Mossman said all the machines to be ridden by the team are fitted with clutch starts, and to overcome the difficulty experienced last season in obtaining spare parts he had brought 1000 dollars worth of parts with him.The team’s equipment comprises 23 motor-cycles and a motor-car
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21961, 9 December 1936, Page 5
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