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At a meeting with Sir Robert Horne on Wednesday, Mr.

Frank Hodgesron behalf of the miners, demanded a State subsidy for the coal industry in order that higher wages may be paid than even the men themselves admit the coal industry can at present bear. He also demanded, of course, the profits pool by which the richer mines will subsidize the poorer ones. Sir Robert Horne replied that a subsidy in itself was never a solution, but even if it were it would be entirely beyond the capacity of the State now to provide such help. He pointed out that, dissatisfied though the miners were, they were in a much better position than the men in other industries.

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