liquor licences, citing such grounds as fights and "lax and unfit'' management.

But they did not object to Ord Road Grocery getting a renewal for its licence to sell liquor -- despite protests from residents of the Paget neighbourhood.

The Liquor Licensing Authority set down a series of dates in March for all the objections to be heard. The four-member Authority was sitting in Magistrates' Court for the annual renewal session for liquor licence holders in the central parishes.

Central parishes Chief Insp. Larry Smith said Police were objecting to the renewal of the following Hamilton and Devonshire nightclub liquor licences: the Sparrows Nest on Reid Street, the Anchorage Bar on North Shore Road, the Spinning Wheel on Court Street, the Clay House Inn on North Shore Road, Scandal Night Club and the Oasis Night Club on Front Street.

Authority chairman the Wor. Will Francis said Police wanted to discuss the objections with the manager/owners of the nightclubs with a view to withdrawing them if they agreed to act on recommendations.

Ch. Insp. Smith revealed that in the case of the Oasis, Police were concerned the manager was "not a fit and proper person'' to be put in charge of the establishment.

And he said Police were concerned about "incidents'' which had taken place at the Anchorage Bar and Sparrows Nest and felt some areas of the two clubs' management were in need of "tightening up''.