Afternoon Tea at Raffles Hotel by
In 1902, a tiger was spotted under a table in the Bar & Billiard Room of Raffles Hotel. The tiger had escaped from a nearby circus. On discovering the animal, Mr Charles McGowan Phillips, the principal of Raffles Institution and member of the Singapore Rifle Team, was immediately summoned to the hotel. Charles had attended the Government House Ball that evening and was still dressed in his pyjamas when he arrived and shot the beast.
