In February 1942 Pat Hawkins, the holder of the 'World Seven Days record', claimed to have ridden in Perth, West Australia, despite having missed seven weeks riding. A few days later the claim was withdrawn due to discrepancies in her logs. The press had reported her campaign in relation to Billie Dovey's record, to wit, "after ten weeks she had recorded compared to Mrs Dovey's ." She would have reached Dovey's record after 36 weeks, three days, one hour and 20 minutes. The endeavour was sponsored by Bruce Small Pty Ltd.