Around 1890 he arrived in Sydney and in 1891 re-entered the hospitality industry, starting with the Grand Central Coffee Palace, a temperance hotel.

He eventually acquired a string of hotels in Sydney and the Blue Mountains, including the Log Cabin in Penrith, the Imperial in Mount Victoria and the Carrington in Katoomba.

[3] The tabloid, initially printed in the basement of the Imperial Arcade, was aimed squarely at supporting the rights and welfare of returned servicemen, with whom it proved popular.

[5][10][11] From 1912 Smith lived at Hastings House, in Baden Street, Coogee, which was the former residence of Sydney mayor in 1867, Charles Moore[12]).

He was also involved in the development of professional rugby league football in its early years, having put up the money to back the breakaway code in Australia.

[17][18][19] His son Jeffry Joynton-Smith AM[20] (1925-1991) was general manager of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust from 1969 until 1984,[21] and in a 1980 interview spoke about the influence of his father's business activities on him at an early age.