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Labour Exchange, referred to by the (English) Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935 (25 Geo. 5, c. 8), s. 113, 1 (K), as 'EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE.' The (English) Labour Exchanges Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 7), gives the (English) Board of Trade (now Ministry of Labour) power to establish and maintain labour exchanges, and s. 5 defines 'labour exchange' as meaning 'any office or place used for the purpose of collecting and furnishing information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, respecting employers who desire to engage workpeople and workpeople who seek engagement or employment.' (The Labour Exchanges Act, 1909

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