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pure kona

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:39:10 GMT, (Phred)
wrote:

>In article >, pure kona > wrote:
>>On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:40:57 GMT, (Phred)
>>wrote:

>G'day Cea,
>
>I must admit I had the impression from somewhere that they were all
>gone -- or at least as far as serious *sugar* production is concerned
>(ISTR one on Oahu had stayed open as some sort of tourist trap).
>
>So I'm happy to be corrected on this point.
>
>When I was over there briefly about 30 years ago, we spent a day over
>on the Big Isle looking at the industry there -- very different to the
>way we were doing things here at that time! Unfortunately, in my
>ignorance I had succumbed to the _National Geographic_ colour
>tradition and was using Ektachrome slide film during my trip to the US
>and other places over that way, and my slides from that time are
>pretty much stuffed now. (Unlike my Kodachromes which are still
>pretty good from even 45 years ago -- and, fortunately, I switched
>back to KR135-36P once back home from that trip. :-)
>
>Cheers, Phred.

There is a large one on Maui - Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar, owned by
Alexander and Baldwin who also own Matson Shipping lines.And there is
a small struggling one on Kauai *** & Robinson Sugar) which just
announced it is going out of the sugar business and will be instead,
making ethanol.

In the 60s, my Dad had an opportunity to go to Perth and run a sugar
operation there, but with 4 young kids, he declined. Darn.

aloha,
Cea