The Broken Melody

John Ainsworth helps win a rowing race for Sydney University against Melbourne University While celebrating at a nightclub he demonstrates his skill with the violin with one of his original compositions He also flirts with a young woman Ann Brady to the displeasure of a crook Webster A brawl results and John is expelled from university Johns sheep farmer father who is disdainful of culture and wants John to marry a rich girl is furious and disowns his son