Set in a hill village, a local farmer, the town carrier and a criminal, Brock, are running an illegal still under guise of a mineral water concern. Detective Brain from Melbourne with the aid of a camera finds Brock who he wants for murder and alerts the local constable to be still . Brain is nearly killed in Brock's trap - to flood the still cellar - but the constable saves him. The farmer's son marries the carrier's daughter - but not before the old man is killed for his money by Brock. Includes a kindly but stern maiden aunt. The town grows with the railroad in later years. (PB)