3. In the fifth and final South African Test Match, at Port Elizabeth, England beat South Africa by ten wickets.
—The Admiralty issued a return giving particulars of the strength of the eight chief naval Powers on January 1, 1914, omitting such battleships, battle cruisers, and cruisers, as had been launched more than twenty years. Vessels built are given first; vessels building, if any, are added after a plus sign. The British figures included Dominion ships. The number of submarines given for Germany was admittedly too low.
| Britain. | Germany. | France. | Russia. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battleships | 58 + 14 | 35 + 6 | 21 + 10 | 8 + 7 |
| Cruisers | 47 | 9 | 24 | 12 |
| Light Cruisers | 65 + 20 | 43 + 6 | 8 | 2 + 8 |
| Torpedo Vessels | 25 + 1 | —- | 3 | —- |
| Destroyers | 201 + 36 | 132 + 12 | 80 + 7 | 95 + 45 |
| Torpedo Boats | 70 | 80 | 153 | 25 |
| Submarines | 69 + 29 | 24 + 14 | 50 + 26 | 25 + 18 |
| Italy. | Austria. | U.S.A. | Japan. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battleships | 9 + 5 | 14 + 2 | 30 + 6 | 17 + 2 |
| Cruisers | 9 | 2 | 17 | 15 |
| Light Cruisers | 14 + 4 | 9 + 3 | 18 | 19 |
| Torpedo Vessels | 3 | 11 | 2 + 2 | 3 |
| Destroyers | 30 + 16 | 15 + 3 | 52 + 9 | 51 + 2 |
| Torpedo Boats | 94 + 1 | 58 + 27 | 21 | 33 |
| Submarines | 18 + 2 | 6 + 5 | 29 + 21 | 13 + 2 |
4. On the Ortler Spitz, Tyrol, a patrol of twenty soldiers under instruction in ski-running were caught by an avalanche; fourteen were killed.
6. In Birmingham, a statue was unveiled of Bishop Gore, first Bishop of the diocese, as a memorial of his connexion with it.
—At Boulogne-sur-Seine the Penitentiary Convent School was attacked by a band of fifteen "Apaches," who rescued three girls; these, and seven of the band, were eventually arrested.
9. In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister gave particulars of the proposed permissive exclusion of the Ulster counties from the Home Rule Bill.
—At St. Louis, Mo., the Missouri Athletic Club was burnt; about thirty lives were lost.