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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
INVESTMENTS [Abstract] |
Non-Current Investments | At September 30, 2015 and 2014, non-current investments were as follows:
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Trading securities |  | $ | 18,444 |  |  | $ | 19,038 |
Equity investments |  |  | 7,073 |  |  |  | 4,092 |
|  | $ | 25,517 |  |  | $ | 23,130 |

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