Captain testifies in Kwok tragedy B.C. FERRY Corp. Capt. Wayne Holmes testified that George Kwok’s 33-foot Kimberley pleasure craft veered into the path of the Queen of Cowichan prior to the Aug. 12, 1985 collision be- tween (he two vessels. Holmes, who, along with second officer William Chemko and the B.C. Ferry Corp., is being sued by Kwok for damages and suf- fering resulting from the collision that kiled his wife and two of his sons, testified in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday that Kwok’s boat was heading in the samc jirection as the ferry, but suddenly veered on to a collision course. -Holmes said be ordered the ferry’s crew to slow engines and begen sounding the ship’s warning whistle when he realized a colli- © slon might secur. : He testified that he first. saw the Kwok boat approximately one mile away as the ferry was heading into Horseshoe Bay. ; Holmes said he could see the forward windows of Kwok’s boat : _and wondered why the skipper of the boat could not see the ferry. | Ine the suit, Kwok’s: lawyer John Laxton’ contends that the - Kimberley, which was travelling north at approximately nine knots ’ in waters just off. Whytecliff Point, was overtaken by. the faster ‘ferry when the collision occurred. Laxton contends that responsi- ‘ bility for the collision, according to navigation rules, lies with the overtaking vessel. Kwok and his 10-year-old son, Nelson, survived the collision. . The trial continues. : . o \ Man jailed for ‘drugstore theft : A 19-YEAR-OLD ' Vancouver man. was. séntenced Wednesday in .” North Vancouver provincial court to seven days in jail after he was found guilty of theft and false pretences. : Edward Joe: Bissonnette was originally charged with: theft under $1,000 and fraud in connection with an April 18 incident in which he stole merchandise from London Drugs and obtained money, by : false pretences, fr 0 the North Vancouver drugstore. NV. man. guilty of theft’ VA 23: -YEAR-old North Vancouver: man was fined $150.and handed “