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Show LONDON BANK SUSPENDS PAYMENT ; , . e LONDON, June I Tha Blrkberk bank. In HI(hl)olbom which aulltstood a run last fall, canned by wimors that the tn-tttltutlon tn-tttltutlon was In trouble, suspended payment pay-ment yeaterday. The directors estimate the deBclency st' tl.tT5.ooo, bnt the actuaries think that i. 760. 000 ft III be nearer the mark. The total, liabilities of- Ike bank are U.MO.10. An official receiver has taken chera of Its affairs. The Ulrectare. In a MrCulsr. aay tha -depreciation In the market price of the bank's securities haa been ao great that they do not. feel JuaUned -In oontlnulns the business without a reconstruction. A petition asking that the affairs of tha company be wound up will be presented In the court wltb.' a' view Xo' reorganising Uetank. ' ' |