'Marmaduke is an English remittance man with an Oxford manner and a thirst, both of which are kept within bounds by his faithful valet, Hugget. Marmaduke plays cards with a gang of card-sharpers on the Osterley.,and on his arrival in Sydney he and Hugget proceed to camp out in the Sydney Domain until they receive the first remittance from England. When the money arrives they decide to go prospecting, and there is plenty of pathos as well as honor in the adventure of these amateur swagmen. Marmaduke acquires a pretty little girl as ward after a dramatic episode in which her mother is killed when facing a couple of burglars, one of whom is her own husband. The Englishman strikes gold, and spends a fortune on his little ward, whom he has grown to love. In addition to the pretty love story which follows, there are many exciting scenes, and finally Margie is taken prisoner and kept on board a dismantled battleship by a lunatic who has determined that they shall both go down with the ship. The rush to the rescue in a high-powered motor boat, with the spray flying high into the air as the tiny craft skims over the surface of the water, recalls the excitement of the motor boat races at the Outer Harbor, and the final plunge of the battleship is an impressive moment.'
Source:
'An Australian Picture', The Advertiser, 15 December 1924, p.11.
