Connie Martyn

An epidemic of romance has broken out among the Rudd children. Bill Ryan wants to marry Sarah Rudd but Dad Rudd wants nothing to do with the Ryans. A letter brings the news of the death of Dad's brother, whom he hasn't seen for 20 years. Dad has inherited his brother's business, a shop selling expensive women's clothes. The shop is performing badly because of a corrupt manager who's in league with the competitor Pierre. Dad installs his eldest daughter to run it.

The Woman Suffers is a complicated silent melodrama of revenge and sexual betrayal, only part of which survives. In the first two reels, which have been lost, a woman caught in an abusive marriage runs away with her infant son from her drunken husband. He falls on a knife and dies and she collapses in the bush. The child wanders off and is found by one family; the mother is rescued by another family and is unaware that her son lives.

Dad Rudd (played by Bert Bailey) identifies the need to increase the capacity of the dam, which would benefit the local farmers. He is opposed by Henry Webster (played by Frank Harvey).

Two World War I veterans, Blue and Darkie, save an old race horse from being put down. Bluey restores it to healthy using potions used on camels during the war. The horse starts to win races but Darkie gets too excited, suffers a stroke and dies.