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Frank
Weston – the picture of health and vitality –
photographed sometime during the course of his lengthy
career.
The spotlight recently
fell on an empty glass bottle that once contained a
medicinal concoction known as Weston’s Wizard Oil – an
intriguing elixir that has posed more questions than
answers.
After careful observation and a little
research, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Northland
archaeologist, Dr James Robinson, promptly diagnosed a
severe case of quackery from a less medically enlightened
time.
“The Weston Wizard Oil brand was a very big
clue indeed,” says James.
Known as the ‘Wizard Oil
Prince’, Frank Weston toured Australia and New Zealand