ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013
Changes in foreign currency translation
Balance at beginning of period	$ 2,000,000	$ 4,050,000	$ 3,701,000	$ 5,020,000
Change in cumulative translation adjustment before reclassifications	579,000	(867,000)	(1,074,000)	(1,837,000)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	(223,000)		(271,000)
Balance at end of the period	2,356,000	3,183,000	2,356,000	3,183,000
Changes in retirement plans
Balance at beginning of period	(694,000)	(2,568,000)	(710,000)	(2,698,000)
Amortization of prior service cost	3,000	34,000	9,000	102,000
Amortization of net actuarial (gain) loss	(6,000)	30,000	4,000	92,000
Balance at end of the period	(697,000)	(2,504,000)	(697,000)	(2,504,000)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of taxes	$ 1,659,000	$ 679,000	$ 1,659,000	$ 679,000	$ 2,991,000

The total of net gain (loss), prior service cost (credit), and transition assets (obligations), as well as minimum pension liability if still remaining, included in accumulated other comprehensive income associated with a defined benefit pension or other postretirement plan(s) because they have yet to be recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost.

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Accumulated adjustment, net of tax, that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into the reporting currency from the functional currency of the reporting entity, net of reclassification of realized foreign currency translation gains or losses.

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Accumulated change in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, net of tax effect, at period end. Excludes Net Income (Loss), and accumulated changes in equity from transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Includes foreign currency translation items, certain pension adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses related to factors other than credit losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities that an entity does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before recovery of the amortized cost basis, as well as changes in the fair value of derivatives related to the effective portion of a designated cash flow hedge.

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Amount before tax and reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature.

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Amount before tax of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income for translation gain (loss) realized upon the sale or liquidation of an investment in a foreign entity and foreign currency hedges that are designated and qualified as hedging instruments for hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation.

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