AMERICAN GRAIN.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20383, 2 November 1931, Page 10

AMERICAN GRAIN.

PRICES SHOW IMPROVEMENT. SHIPMENTS TO EUROPE. (UHITED I-RESS ASSOCIATION-B}' ELICTIUC TELEGRAPH—COPiBiaIIT.) (Received November Ist, 6 p.m.) CHICAGO, October 31. , With increased values of 328,000,000 dollars in prices for all the principal grains since October, of which the wheat share of the increase has been 67,000,000 dollars and maize 216,000,000 dollars, traders assert that indications from all portions of the world presage a massed improvement in tho American grain market within the next few weeks which will rival the heavy shipping of grain during the World War days. Kecent exports of American grains have been increasingly heavy, duo to the apparent European realisation that the sole available supplies are now held in tho United States and Canada. Mr .Stone, chairman of: tho Federal Farm Board, admitted that the Government had financed grain holdings which were moving at an accelerated rate, and said that the Farm Board had authorised the Grain Stabilisation Corporation again to enter the futures trading market. VALUES IN CANADA. GAIN OF FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS. II'XrXBXI I'itKSS ASSOCIATION "BY SXICXXW TELEGKAI'JI —COPYRIGHT.) (.Received November Ist, 6.35 p.m.) ' WINNIPEG, October 31. Grain brokers are predicting dollar wheat by Christmas. Leading United States dealers are hastily opening offices, declaring that tho world shortage is looming, with North America holding command, through the slump in llussian shipments and shortages in Europe. An Ottawa message reports: The Trade Department confirms tho remarkable falling off in Bussian shipments of wheat. The Minister for Trado and Commerce, Mr H. 11. Stevens, states that shipments for the wee!'- ending October 29th were 2,000,000 bushels, compared with 4,000,000 bushels last week, and 3,500,000 bushels a year ago. May wheat at Winnipeg closed at seventy cents a bushel, which represents an increase of one cent and a quarter. It is estimated that 50,000,000 dollars have been added to Canadian grain values during the last five weeks.

WHEAT BOUNTY. AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATION. (UHITED IRKSS ASSOCIATION —BT BL*CT*IO TEIi-EGEASH—COSXBtOKT.) CANBERRA, October 31. The Wheat' Bounty Bill, providing for the payment of a bounty of 4Jd a bushel on all wheat marketed in the 19-51-32 season, has passed the Senate. The House ot Representatives has adjourned for about a month. COMPANIES REGISTERED. The registration of the following new companies is notified in the current issue ot the "Mercantile Gazette": — Anchor Exchange and Loan Co., Ltd. Registered as a private company»October 20th, 1931. Office: 61-63 Victoria street, Auckland. Capital: £3275 into 3275 shores of £1 each. .Subscribers—Christchurch: S. Meltzer 700. AVellington: A. Meltzer 1725. Auckland: H. Meltzer 450, Deborah Meltzer 400. Objects: Business of pawnbrokers, second-hand dealers, to transact business as capitalists, financial agents, and general incidental. N.Z. Tobacco Plantations, Ltd. Registered October 17th, 1931. . Capital: £30,000, in 30,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: T. W. Stringer 250, G. S. Richardson 250, K. A. Sneddon 250, F. S. Taylor 1, H. A. Robertson 250, G. XI. Brialey 1, N. G. Culpan 1. Objects: Plunt, grow, and deal in tobacco, etc., and incidental. N.Z. Farmers' Veterinary Supplies Co. (Waikato), Ltd. Registered October 20th, 1931. Capital: £3OOO, in 3000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers —Hamilton: 11. P. Hooper 50, S. J. R; Frith 50, T. 0. Orr, F. McGuire, H. M. Livingstone, D. P. Patson, and B. P. M. Martini one share each. Objects: Deal in veterinary supplies, etc., and incidental. Kelson and Beveridge, Ltd. Registered as a private company October 21st, 1931. Capital: £2250, in 2250 shares of £1 each. Subscribers—Dunedin: P. N. Nelson and W. T. Beveridge 1125 each. Objects: Suppliers, manufacturers, repairors, and general dealers in motor-cycleß, cycles, internal combustion engines of every description, radio, television, etc. Kennedy (J. and M.), Ltd. Registered as a private company October 16th, 1931. Capital: £7OO, in 700 shares of £1 each. Subscribers —Rroyraouth: J. J. Kennedy 549,' M. C. Kennedy 1, T. J. Kennedy 30, W. M. Kennedy 30, J. J. Kennedy, jun., 30, J. A. Kennedy 30, M. J. Kennedy 30. Objects: Take over business of Kennedy Bros., carriers and incidental. Cut-Rate Providers, Ltd. Registered as a private company October Ist, 1931, Capital: £IO,OOO. divided into 10,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers —Hawera: G. R. Horsburg 0200, G. R. Horsburg (the younger) 500, R. Horsburg 300. Objects: To carry on business of grocers and general provision merchants, etc. N.Z. Oil Refineries, Ltd. Registered as a private company October 16th. 1931. Capital: £2500, in shares of £1 each. Subscribers —New Plymouth: W. Fogsey 625, H. Williamson 313. Stratford: Union Foundries, Ltd., 313, S. Huston 313, A. H. Trotter 312. Wellington: E. E. Woodley 312. Masterton: S. E. Taylor 312. Objects: To carry into effect an agreement made with Blenheim Oil Wells Reclamation Co., Ltd., for purchaso of crude oil. and carrying on business of refiners, oil merchants, etc. Wholesale Furniture Factory, Ltd. Regis, tered as a private company October 12th, 1931. Office: 18 Tory street, Wellington. Copital: £3OOO into 3000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers —Wellington: W. R. Kenner 2850, Gwendolen F. Kenner 50, E. L. Pocock 50, F. N. Maciver 50. Objects: Business of furnishers and general warehousemen.