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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD OPEN MEETINGS

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OPEN HEARINGS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING THE TABLING OF THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THEY WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON NOVEMBER 25, 29 AND DECEMBER 5. THE AGENDA FOR THE HEARINGS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

CONTROLLING OFFICERS WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE IN RELATION TO POINTS MADE IN THE REPORT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE ADVISED TO BRING ALONG THEIR COPIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT WHICH WILL BE BOXED THIS EVENING FOR REFERENCE.

SEPTEMBER ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES OUT

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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN TERMS OF MONTHS) IN THE 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECLINED IN SEPTEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDED SOME DECREASES IN THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECREASES OCCURRED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. THE ORDERS POSITION IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY WAS STABLE.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AS A WHOLE FELL. WAS PARTICULARLY THE CASE FOR THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AS SUMMER WORKERS CONTINUED TO LEAVE EMPLOYMENT. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES, HOWEVER, REMAINED STABLE.

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