DUMB FOR 13 YEARS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)

DUMB FOR 13 YEARS.

EX-SOLDIER REGAINS SPEECH.

INCIDENT OF A WAR FILM

After having been dumb for 13 J?**' 8 as a result of war injuries, a Birmingham ex-soldier named Ernest Sullivan, recovered his speech in reau " f *'' fashion after attending a recent p anco of a talking war filii* a Alhambra Theatre, London. During the third battle of 1 1917 Mr. Sullivan was badly lnjuieda lost the power of speech. Specialistssured him that his caso was hopeless. In June he attended a matinee p ance with his wife. The battle scenes J the film wore extremely r ®® l,sl j®' Henc , many other ex-soldiers in the _ besides Mr. Sullivan became very excu« ; " I was so carried away by the iilm. Mr. Sullivan told a Sunday Chronicle presentative, " that I seemed to over again my experiences m lia • was in such a dazed state that J had to guide me out of til© /"f; 1 ' 6 -. tho " There was a lot of trafh tQ street. Suddenly my wife tct , d cross, and at tbat moment a Ja.rdaU from behind a bus. It was a*. JC( I had awakened from a trance. I _ my wife to pull her back and shOUteu 'Look OC.t! ' . ■- realised "At the moment neither of us hy what had happened. Then L said . I can speak! I a j mo jt good to be true. Now I can as well as ever/1