University Boat Race Stones marked "U.B.R" for University Boat Race. The coordinates for the stones are: University Boat Race Stones The University Boat Race Stones are two small stone markers on the southern bank of the River Thames in west London, one 129m upstream of Putney Bridge and the other at Mortlake, 112m downstream of Chiswick Bridge. The stones define the start and finish points of the Championship Course (4 miles and 374 yards (6,779 m) from Putney to Mortlake, as measured along the centre of the river). The course is used for rowing races including the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Women's Boat
Mortlake Dispatch Mortlake Dispatch The Mortlake Dispatchis a newspaper published in Mortlake, Victoria, Australia. The "Mortlake Dispatch" was first published in 1869 using the title "Mortlake Dispatch: and commercial, agricultural, and pastoral advertiser". By 1883, William Manson was the owner and in 1884 the newspaper name was shortened and the subtitle removed. Following William's death in 1903, his son John William Manson became editor. Within a few years John also died and his sister Mary Swinton Manson became the printer and publisher and her mother Mary Manson was the proprietor. Mary Swinton Manson married William Bray who became the newspaper proprietor on