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marine engineers- strike. (E' CaHe—prr-* Association —Copyrirtt.) (Austm'.iir. and I'.Z. CiMa Aasocisticra.) (Rocoived January 4th, 5.5 p.m.) j SYDNEY, January 4. • J The Seamen's I'nion have decided' I that if tho shipowners attempt to rejj place tho striking engineers with out- ! side engineers, they will support the j j engineers. j ADELAIDE, January 3. 1 Owing to the coal shortage caused by the marine engineers' strike the Coal Uoarel* has decided to cancel further allotments of coal to non-essential industries. | BREWERS' STRIKE. | 'Received Jannarv 4th. 5.5 p.m.) SYI)\"EY, January 4. j A mass meeting of brewery worker! Ktrikera resolved to resume "work on 1 Monday, with the exception of the > engino-driveys and eoopers. who are do- ' tcrminod to press their claims. | TROnnLE IN ROMBAY. j i BO\fBAY, January 1. j A widespread strike of millhands has j affected over a scoro of mills in the! area of Bombay. The demands, include a 50 -per cent. increaso of wagra and a ton-honr day. UNEMPLOYMENT. ENGLISH IXSUR.VNCE BIIiL. (Rcutcr's TclegTamaJ LONDON. December 'SI. Tlie Unrmplovinont Insurance Bill extends insumnce against unemployment en a contributory basis to substantially the whole employed population between tho ages of 1C and 70. The total numhor of manual workers affected is estimnt'xl at 11,750.000, as compared with .1,300,000 covered by the I existing scheme. i Opportunity is given for industries to | contract out of the general schemo by j sotting up special schemes as may be | approved by tho Minister of Labour,: and which may give equal or superior i advantage*;. Agricultural and domestic service is not, included in tho scheme. Other oxceptions include persons other than nnnn.il labourers earning more than | £250 per year, employees of public I authorities, ooliev, railway servants, or employers of other statu to rv uijdertakinpr. whero such persons have rights under a statutory superannuation fund, making insuranco against unemployment unnecessary. Tho weekly contributions vary from threepence per week for girls, to sixpence per week for men, tho employee and employer contributing half each, with t.ho State adding a sum equal to one-third of those contributions. The rates of benefit vary from Gs per week for girls, to 15s per week for men. The scheme comes into operation on January 10th. 1 RON MOULDERS' STRIKE. (Received January sth, 12.15 a.m.) LONDON, January 3. The ironmeiulders' delegates, after a conference with tho employers, agreed; to recommend the_ acceptance of an increaso of fivo shillings per week to 50,000 strikers who liavo l>eon idle for fifteen weeks, paralysing many trades.